Shashank Singh is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Chhattisgarh State Cricket Club in the domestic league. Since 2017, the attacking all-round batsman has been picked up by several IPL teams.
Wiki/Biography
Shashank Singh was born on Thursday, November 21, 1991 (32 years old; as of 2023) in Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh, India. His star sign is Scorpio.
Childhood photo of Shashank Singh and his sister Shrutika
Shashank Singh started playing cricket at the age of 8. He received basic cricket training in Madhya Pradesh and later moved to Mumbai in 2008 at the age of 17. Initially, he had a hard time finding a suitable club to continue his cricket career. He joined the Vidya Paladkar Cricket Academy in Mumbai and trained under Vidya Paladkar, a veteran cricket coach with over 30 years of experience. Shashank attributes all his achievements in his career to Vidya Paladkar. Talking about his mentor, Shashank said:
Vidya Sir really helped me and I practiced under his guidance; without him, none of this would have been possible. From my stance to my specific strokes, I would share all my technical issues with him”
Shashank Singh’s coach Vidya Paradkar
After learning the nuances of cricket under the guidance of Paradkar, he joined the DY Patil Cricket Academy (Mumbai) and started playing club cricket for DY Patil’s cricket team and then became known as a prolific all-round batsman in limited-overs domestic cricket. Apart from pursuing a career in cricket, Akash Singh was equally focused on his studies. In 2017, he pursued a Masters in Commerce from Acharya College in Pondicherry.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 11″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Family and caste
His mother, Sunita Singh, worked at Reliance Infocomm and his father is a police officer. He also has an elder sister, Shrutika Singh, who works at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India in Mumbai.
(From left to right) Shashank’s father, brother-in-law, Shrutika (sister), mother and him at his sister’s wedding
Profession
In 2008, at the age of 17, Shashank Singh made his debut for the Mumbai Under-19 cricket team. He then joined the DY Patil Cricket Academy and started playing club-level cricket for the team. In 2015, Shashank was selected for the Mumbai Senior T20 team after scoring an unbeaten 65 runs from 23 balls in a local cricket tournament held in Cuttack. He considers being selected for the Mumbai Senior T20 team as the best achievement of his career so far. On 1 April 2015, he started his domestic cricket career in a T20 match against Cuttack in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. On 10 December 2015, he made his A-grade cricket debut in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy against Punjab in Hyderabad. Considering his performance in domestic cricket, he was bought by Delhi Dadevilles (now Delhi Capitals) in the auction before the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017. He did not play a single match throughout the season.
Shashank Singh’s Delhi Dadesh football jersey
Since the beginning of his career, Shashank has been an extremely aggressive white-ball (limited-overs) batsman. This was one of the reasons why he could not make it to the Mumbai first-class cricket team. In 2019, he decided to move to Chhattisgarh to continue his cricket career and play for the Chhattisgarh Cricket Team. On 9 December 2019, he made his first-class cricket debut for Chhattisgarh (against Odisha) in the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy and has been a part of the team since then. He was unsold in the auction of the 2018 IPL. He was a part of the Rajasthan Royals team in the 2019 and 2020 IPL.
On December 19, 2023, at the 2024 IPL auction held at the Coca-Cola Stadium in Dubai, Kings XI Punjab acquired Shashank Singh for Rs 20 lakh. After the auction, there were reports that Kings XI Punjab had “mistakenly” acquired Shashank from the team; however, the team later clarified in a tweet that Shashank had always been on their target list. In the tweet, it was also mentioned that there was confusion due to the presence of two players with the same name on the list.
Everything is fine…thank you for trusting me!!! https://t.co/Gs9hOnRspa
— shashank singh (@shashank2191) December 20, 2023
In the 2024 Indian Premier League match against Gujarat Titans, Shashank played a crucial role in Kings XI Punjab’s victory; he scored 61 runs off 29 balls.
Favorites
Cast: Alia Bhatt & Sara Ali Khan
Movie: Iqbal (2005)
Dialogue: Yeh dimaag ka khel hai joh dil se khela jaata hai
Female athletes: Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu
Athlete: Roger Federer
Facts/Trivia
- A product of the Mumbai League system, Shashank is explosive with the bat, agile on the field and capable of bowling useful drives, all of which make him a standout performer in limited-overs cricket.
- He is known for his fierce batting ability and has shown his potential many times in domestic cricket. In a practice match at the DY Patil Stadium, he once scored 74 runs in just 14 balls. In that innings, he hit 10 of the 14 balls he hit over the boundary for sixes.
- Fitness freak Shashank admires Virat Kohli a lot when it comes to fitness.
Shashank Singh and Indian captain Virat Kohli
- In an interview with sports and entertainment news portal Read Scoops, Shashank was asked what made him continue to pursue his dream (to play for India) as the chances of a player making it to the Indian cricket team are slim considering how competitive the sport is. Responding to the question, he said,
In Indian cricket, it takes a lot of practice and patience because sometimes even if you play well, you may not get picked. All you have to do is keep working hard, keep believing in yourself and wait for your time, and it will come. I am getting more motivated and mentally stronger. One day, I will definitely get my chance.”
- Shashank Singh occasionally consumes alcoholic beverages for recreational purposes.
Shashank Singh enjoys a beer at The Colliery Tavern in Sunderland, England
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