Gursharan Singh

{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1963)}}

{{for|the theatre director|Gursharan Singh (theatre director)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Gursharan Singh

| image =

| country = India

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|3|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Amritsar, Punjab, India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| international = true

| onetest = true

| testdebutdate = 22 February

| testdebutyear = 1990

| testdebutagainst = New Zealand

| testcap = 191

| odidebutdate = 8 March

| odidebutyear = 1990

| odidebutagainst = Australia

| odicap = 77

| oneodi = true

| columns = 3

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 18

| bat avg1 = 18.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 18

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| column2 = ODI

| matches2 = 1

| runs2 = 4

| bat avg2 = 4.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 4

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 104

| runs3 = 5,719

| bat avg3 = 43.32

| 100s/50s3 = 14/30

| top score3 = 298*

| deliveries3 = 164

| wickets3 = 4

| bowl avg3 = 30.00

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 1/3

| catches/stumpings3 = 105/–

| date = 5 September

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/28884.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Gursharan Singh {{audio|Gursharan_Singh.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 8 March 1963) is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and one One Day International in 1990.

While appearing as a substitute for Roger Binny in the Third Test against West Indies in 1983 at Ahmedabad, he became the first person to take four substitute catches in a Test.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63352.html|title=West Indies tour of India, 3rd Test: India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, Nov 12-16, 1983|work=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN}} Gursharan later became a senior manager with the Steel Authority of India, Delhi.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2013/feb/090213-sports-cricket-remembering-gursharan-who-made-tendulkars-first-irani-hundred-possible.htm|title=Remembering Gursharan who made Tendulkar's first Irani hundred possible|publisher=Mid-day}}

In August 2018, he was appointed as the coach for Arunachal Pradesh.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24532976/bcci-eases-entry-new-domestic-teams-logistical-challenges-emerge |title=BCCI eases entry for new domestic teams as logistical challenges emerge |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 August 2018}} In September 2019 he was appointed coach of Uttarakhand.{{cite news |last1=Lokapally |first1=Vijay |title=Gursharan Singh named Uttarakhand coach |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/gursharan-singh-named-uttarakhand-coach/article29326434.ece |access-date=5 September 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=4 September 2019}}