Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh

Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh

Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh was an eminent cricket player hailing from Madras.

Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh was an Indian test cricketer of his times. He served in Indian Team as a left-handed batsman and an occasional right arm medium pace bowler. Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh was an Indian cricketer, who played mostly test cricket in domestic and international level. From his student life in school and college, he showed his talents in regional and interschool, inter collegiate and state level cricket championship of his times. He is regarded as the best personality in his team, where A.G. Kripal Singh and Vaman Kumar, the stalwarts of Indian cricket were present.

Early Life of Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh
Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh was born on 31 December in the year 1941. He came from a famous cricketing family which also produced A.G. Ram Singh and his more successful brother A.G. Kripal Singh. Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh was a luminous schoolboy cricketer and his exploits led to a first class debut at the age of 16. He represented South Zone Schools in the Interzonal Cooch Behar Trophy and scored 114 in the final against West Zone. This led to the vice captaincy of the Indian Schools that toured Ceylon that year. Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh studied in the Loyola College in Chennai. There he was voted as the best collegiate cricketer and represented university and state.

Career of Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh
Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh played only four matches at the Test level. Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh made his debut in 1959-1960 against the Australians, toured Pakistan in 1960-1961 and played one Test against England in 1961/62. In the Test against England, the Indian team also included A.G. Kripal Singh and Vaman Kumar, the only instance when three Tamil Nadu Cricket players appeared in an Indian side. Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh was not even 20 when he played his last Test.

Amritsar Govindsingh Milkha Singh scored over 2000 runs for Tamil Nadu Cricket Team in Ranji Trophy and hit the first hundred of the Duleep Trophy. Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India between teams representing geographical zones of India. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji.

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