Bantoo Singh
{{short description|Indian cricketer (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Bantoo Singh
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| country = India
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|2|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Delhi, India
| heightft =
| heightinch =
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| family = Dilbaugh Singh (father)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm off break
| role = Batsman
| club1 = Delhi
| year1 = 1985/86–1995/96
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| columns = 2
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 69
| runs1 = 3,694
| bat avg1 = 45.04
| 100s/50s1 = 11/18
| top score1 = 214
| deliveries1 = 315
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 74.33
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/4
| catches/stumpings1 = 41/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 33
| runs2 = 607
| bat avg2 = 30.35
| 100s/50s2 = 0/5
| top score2 = 96*
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–
| date = 26 December
| year = 2015
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27175.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
Bantoo Singh (born 17 February 1963), also spelled as Bantu Singh, is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Delhi cricket team from 1985/86 to 1995/96. In 2005, he became a selector for the Delhi District Cricket Association.
Life and career
Singh was born on 17 February 1963 in Delhi. His father Dilbaugh Singh{{cite web|title=Dilbaugh Singh |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38772/38772.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 December 2015}} was the founder of Delhi Gymkhana Club and had also played first-class cricket for Jammu and Kashmir cricket team. He had also worked as a selector of Delhi.{{cite web|title=Delhi Gymkhana Club founder Dilbagh Singh passes away|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-18/news/52942259_1_club-cricket-delhi-gymkhana-club-jammu-and-kashmir|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105211202/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-18/news/52942259_1_club-cricket-delhi-gymkhana-club-jammu-and-kashmir|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2016|work=The Economic Times|access-date=27 December 2015}}
Singh played as a right-handed middle-order batsman, representing Delhi between the 1985/86 to 1995/96 seasons. He scored more than 3000 first-class runs and 11 hundreds including hundreds in two Ranji Trophy finals: 179 against Bengal in the 1988–89 Ranji Trophy final and 123 against Tamil Nadu in the 1991–92 Ranji Trophy final. He had also captained the team in a few matches and appeared for North Zone cricket team in Duleep Trophy. Although he had played his last first-class match in 1995/96, he announced his retirement only in November 2005.{{cite web|title=Bantu Singh retires from first-class cricket|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/27/stories/2005112709961600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060127085435/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/27/stories/2005112709961600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2006|work=The Hindu|date=2005-11-27|access-date=27 December 2015}}
In August 2005, Delhi District Cricket Association appointed Singh as a member of the five-man Delhi selection panel.{{cite web|title=Venkat Sunderam, Vivek Razdan the new selectors|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/08/31/stories/2005083105472000.htm|work=The Hindu|date=2005-08-31|access-date=27 December 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He later became the chairman of Delhi under-19 selection panel.{{cite web|title='Extra players' embarrassment for DDCA|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/extra-players-embarrassment-for-ddca/article6699154.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=27 December 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/27175.html}}
- {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/17/17887/17887.html}}
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