Shashank Singh is a cricketer originally from India who now plays for the Punjab Kings. He was born on November 21st, 1991. He bats with his right hand and bowls off-break with his right arm. He is a right-handed hitter. It was on December 10, 2015, during the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy that he made his debut in the List A series.
To compete in the 2017 Indian Premier League, the Delhi Daredevils club paid a sum of ten lakhs to acquire his services in February of 2017. By participating in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals were able to acquire his services in December 2018. In the Ranji Trophy for the 2019–20 season, he made his debut for Chhattisgarh on December 9, 2019, in the first-class competition.
On the occasion of the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition, Sunrisers Hyderabad made the purchase of his services in February of that year. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy competition that took place in 2023–24, he made history by being the first Indian list A-cricketer to score 150 runs and capture five wickets in the same match against Manipur. This occurred in November of 2023. Twenty lakhs was the price that the Punjab Kings club paid to acquire him in December 2023 so that they could compete in the Indian Premier League in 2024.
Shailesh Singh, an officer in the Indian Police Service, is his father. In the match against Gujarat Titans that took place on April 4th, 2024, he hit 61 runs with no outs in only 29 balls, which was a significant factor in Punjab Kings’ triumph. In the year 2022, while Shashank Singh was playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), the batting coach and strategic adviser for the club, Brian Lara, informed him that he was not one of the big hitters who batted at number six or seven. This was in contrast to Andre Russell, who batted at those positions.
Shashank Singh Biography
| Name | Shashank Singh |
| Full Name | Shashank Singh |
| Date of Birth | 21 November 1991 |
| Place of Birth | Bhilai |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Father’s Name | Shailesh Singh |
| Mother’s Name | Sunita Singh |
| Siblings | Shrutika Singh |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break |
| ODI Debut | NA |
| Test Debut | NA |
| Favourite Food | Thepla |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
For the reason that Singh was a “proper batsman,” Lara advised him not to compare himself to “bang-bang sloggers.” In this season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Singh has been able to see the influence that Lara’s remarks have had on him from the beginning of the season. Singh, who bats in the middle-lower order for Punjab Kings (PBKS), has had the type of effect on his club that only a select few other players, like Shivam Dube for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), have had an impact on. Singh has scored 263 runs in nine matches so far, with an average of over 65 and a strike rate of almost 183. This is before Punjab’s encounter against CSK on Wednesday.
The night may have been Jonny Bairstow’s, as he scored a monstrous hundred in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 season. However, Shashank Singh, who is in excellent form, played an equally significant role for Punjab Kings on Friday, as the visitors at Eden Gardens left Kolkata Knight Riders completely befuddled. Bairstow’s performance was a testament to the exceptional timing of his redemption. As Punjab pulled off a remarkable robbery to record the highest-ever successful chase in Twenty20 history, Shashank hammered eight sixes in his blazing undefeated innings of 68 off only 28 balls. This was the greatest successful chase in the history of Twenty20.
As a reaction to the enormous target, the openers for PBKS, Prabhsimran Singh and Bairstow, hammered a 93-run partnership during the powerplay. Bairstow hit a fiery 54 off of 20 balls, and the former England star then found himself in a stand with Rilee Rossouw that lasted for 85 runs. Punjab, on the other hand, still had a lot of ground to cover, as the equation stood at 84 needed out of the 39 balls that were still available.
In the epic chase, Punjab was still in the lead, so Shashank went in next. He hammered eight sixes and two boundaries in his blitzkrieg fifty, which included the winning shot off Ramandeep Singh. As the visitors finished the match with eight wickets in hand and eight balls to spare, they were considered to have won the match. Following the conclusion of the match, the Punjab Kings’ official social media account shared a video of Shashank, in which the batter celebrated his knock and the enormous victory by striking the famous stance of Shah Rukh Khan.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 20 | 7 | 357 | 68* | 44.63 | 217 | 164.52 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 288 | 68* | 72.00 | 170 | 169.41 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | 69 | 25* | 17.25 | 47 | 146.81 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 20 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0/10 | – | 10.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0/10 | – | 10.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
The soundtrack from the hit film “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” which was directed by the Bollywood great, played in the background on the player. Shashank received a lot of praise from stand-in captain Sam Curran after the Punjab Kings’ eight-wicket victory, which allowed them to break their four-match losing skid and move up to the eighth position in the points table.
During the match between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders that took place on Friday at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Shashank Singh scored 68 runs off of only 28 balls, which led to the team’s historic victory. As Punjab pulled off an unbelievable robbery and established history by completing the greatest successful chase in Twenty20s anywhere in the globe with eight wickets and eight balls to spare, Shashank scored the winning shot off Ramandeep Singh. This was just the beginning of Punjab’s incredible feat.
It was at the end of the previous year when Shashank Singh was shocked to hear the devastating news from Mumbai. Vidya Paradkar, a well-known maidan coach who had also served as a mentor to Zaheer Khan and Ajinkya Rahane, has passed away. He was also responsible for taking Shashank under his direction. Pramila, who was Paradkar’s widow, was standing at the other end of the line. It was unclear what the 32-year-old would do in the Indian Premier League in the future. In the year 2022, he played for the Sunrisers Hyderabad and scored 69 runs over ten matches.
