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For the fourth Test between India and England, the hosts have included Lancashire under-19 player Harry Singh in the team. U-19 team for Harry Singh England in the year 2022 …Read more
Harry Singh of Indian origin will take the field against Bharatit team in Manchester, Igland chose 12th player Whenever England plays a domestic series, the 12th player of the team judges from the county in which the match is held so that the youth gets a chance to get into the dressing room atmosphere and the pressure in international cricket. This time there is a match in Lancashire, then it is obvious that any youth will be associated with the team, but the name that the English board chose was surprised by everyone.
It is a very old tradition in England that when 11 choose for domestic cricket matches, the rest of the players in the team are left to play county and a young talent from the local county is associated with the team, which shows the ability to play for England further. The player of Lancashire against India, who was made the 12th player is Harry Singh. Harry has played for England in Under-19 and has been scoring a lot of runs for Lancashire continuously for the last one year. Lancashire cricket staff told that Harry is a very amazing fielder and he has also caught many amazing catches in his age group. According to sources, Harry Singh is being seen as a future star and that is why the ECB has approved his name.
Harry’s father RP Singh played cricket for India in the 1980s. He was able to play only 2 ODIs for India, in which he got only one wicket in his name. But in the first class career of his 59 matches, he has 150 wickets. He has scored 1,413 runs in the first-class career and he also scored 141 runs in a century innings. After retiring from a cricket career, RP Singh started coaching. He joined the England Cricket Board (ECB) and started training Lancashire county team. RP Singh shifted to England in the 1990s and meanwhile Harry Singh was born in 2004.
Harry Singh made his debut for Lancashire in July last year. He played all 7 matches in 2024 ODIs, in which he also batted and bowled. Remind that Harry made it to England’s Under-19 team in 2022. He also got an opportunity to open for Lancashire, which is indicating his bright future. He scored 87 runs in 7 matches and took 2 wickets in bowling. England also selected Harry Singh as the 12th player against Sri Lanka last year and Harry also fielded after Herry Brook was hurt.