Authentic Lungisani’s guy Ngidi is a professional cricketer from South Africa who now represents the South African national cricket team. He was born on March 29, 1996. He received a nomination for one of the five Cricketers of the Year at the South African Cricket Annual Awards in 2018. At the annual awards event held by Cricket South Africa in July 2020, Ngidi was honored with the title of cricketer of the year for both one-day internationals and Twenty20 internationals.
After receiving a scholarship to attend Highbury Preparatory School, Ngidi continued his education at Kloof, which is located in Durban. In the years when Ngidi was growing up, his mother worked as a housekeeper, while his father worked as a maintenance worker at a school in the neighborhood. The scholarship that Ngidi got would allow her to attend Hilton College School. During the first three years of his time at Hilton, Ngidi was a member of the Hilton rugby team. However, he eventually decided to switch his concentration to cricket.
During his time at Hilton, Ngidi was working under the tutelage of Neil Johnson, a former all-rounder for Zimbabwe. Following his graduation from Hilton, Ngidi went on to pursue a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Industrial Sociology at the University of Pretoria. The Northern cricket squad that competed in the 2015 Africa Twenty20 Cup includes Ngidi as a member group. In July 2016, Cricket South Africa honored him as the player of the year for the Africa Twenty20 Cup.
Benoni Zalmi announced in August 2017 that he would be a member of their team for the first season of the Twenty20 Global League. On the other hand, Cricket South Africa first decided to postpone the event till November 2018, however after that, they decided to cancel it shortly after. During the 2018 Indian Premier League auction, which took place in January 2018, the Chennai Super Kings purchased Ngidi. Tshwane Spartans selected him to be a member of their team for the first Mzansi Super League Twenty20 event, which took place in October 2018.
Lungi Ngidi Biography
| Name | Lungi Ngidi |
| Full Name | Lungisani True-man Ngidi |
| Date of Birth | 29 March 1996 |
| Place of Birth | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Southafrican |
| Father’s Name | Jerome Ngidi |
| Mother’s Name | Bongi Ngidi |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| ODI Debut | 7 February 2018 vs. India |
| Test Debut | January 13, 2018 vs. India |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
Throughout the 2019 Indian Premier League season, the International Cricket Council (ICC) selected him as one of eight players to keep an eye on in March of this year. The Tshwane Spartans club that will compete in the 2019 Mzansi Super League competition decided to include Ngidi in their roster in September of this year. The Northern announced his inclusion in their team in April 2021, well in advance of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.
After participating in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition, the Delhi Capitals were successful in purchasing Ngidi in February of the same year. The San Francisco Unicorns, a team competing in the Major League Cricket (MLC), announced that they have signed Ngidi for the first season of the league in May of 2023. Ngidi was considered for inclusion in South Africa’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series that they were going to play against Sri Lanka in January of 2017.
The twenty-first international match that he played for South Africa came against Sri Lanka on January 20, 2017, and he was named man of the match. Ngidi was selected to be a member of South Africa’s team for their One Day International (ODI) matches when they competed against Sri Lanka during the Twenty20 International series. However, due to an injury to his abdomen, he was unable to participate in the one-day international series.
It was announced in January 2018 that Ngidi would be joining South Africa’s Test team in preparation for the second test match against India. This was his first test match for South Africa, which took place on January 13, 2018, against India. He finished the match with statistics of 7/87, including 6/39 in the second innings, which contributed to South Africa’s victory with a margin of 135 runs. The following month, he was selected to be a member of South Africa’s One-Day International (ODI) team for the series that they were going to play against India. On February 7, 2018, he scored his first one-day international against India.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 14 | 324 | 448 | 25 | – | 17.92 | 8.30 | 12.96 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 72 | 125 | 5 | – | 25.00 | 10.41 | 14.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 96 | 167 | 9 | – | 18.55 | 10.43 | 10.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 156 | 156 | 11 | – | 14.18 | 6.00 | 14.18 | 1 | 0 |
Cricket South Africa presented Ngidi with a national contract in March of 2018, before the beginning of the 2018–19 domestic season. The announcement that he will be a part of South Africa’s team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup came in April of this year. Ngidi achieved his first five-wicket haul in one-day international cricket on March 4, 2020, during the second one-day international match against Australia. During the same match, he became the quickest bowler for South Africa, in terms of matches, to take 50 wickets in one-day internationals. He accomplished this feat in his 26th game by taking 50 wickets.
In July in the year 2020, Ngidi requested the national team, requesting that they have a conversation about the Black Lives Matter movement in South African cricket and they showed their support for the cause. In addition to that, he tackled persistent racism in the sport of cricket. Ngidi remarked that he would not mind taking the lead in the efforts of the squad, and he also noted, among other things, that “We’re all together again in person.”
An injury has rendered Lungi Ngidi, another of the Delhi Capitals’ abroad players, unable to participate in the forthcoming Indian Premier League season. This news came only one day after Harry Brook announced that he would not be joining the Delhi Capitals team for the upcoming international competition. The Indian Premier Tournament (IPL) stated on Friday that the South African bowler would not be participating in the 2019 season of the tournament. Jake Fraser-McGurk has been named as the player who will take his position.
