Robin Singh

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Robin Singh
Personal information
Full name Rabindra Ramanarayan Singh
Born
14 September 1963 (age 50)
Princes Town, Trinidad and
Tobago
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role All Rounder
International information
National side
India
Test debut 7 October 1998 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut 11 March 1989 v West Indies
Last ODI 3 April 2001 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
1981/82
2001/02
Tamil Nadu
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 1 136
Runs scored 27 2336
Batting average 13.50 25.95
100s/50s -/- 1/9
Top score 15 100
Balls bowled 60 3734
Wickets - 69
Bowling average - 43.26
5 wickets in
innings
- 2
10 wickets in
match
- n/a
Best bowling - 5/22
Catches/stumpings 5/- 33/-
Source: [1], 10 February 2006
Rabindra Ramanarayan "Robin" Singh ( pronunciation (help info), born 14 September 1963)
is a former cricketer who played as an all-rounder for India, especially in Limited Overs
Internationals (LOIs). He is currently the coach of Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai
Indians.
[1]
He was known for his brilliant running between the wickets and great fielding
ability.
[citation needed]

Contents
1 Early life
2 Playing career
o 2.1 First Class Career
o 2.2 International career
o 2.3 Coaching career
3 Robin Singh Cricket Foundation
4 References
5 External links
Early life
Robin Singh was born in Princes Town, Trinidad to Indian Nadar parents, he moved to India
early in his life and played his early cricket in Madras. He currently resides in Adayar, Chennai,
although his parents still live in Trinidad.
[2]

Playing career
First Class Career
Robin Singh started his first class career for Tamil Nadu during the 1981-82 season. He was a
genuine all rounder for his club and made more than 6,000 runs and also took 172 wickets with
his gentle medium fast bowling during a first class career that spanned more than two decades.
International career
Robin Singh made his debut for India in One Day Internationals against West Indies on 11
March 1989, however he was dropped after the series. Singh had to wait another seven years to
secure a regular place in the Indian team. On the back of consistent performances in domestic
cricket Singh was recalled for the Titan Cup tournament in 1996. He remained a regular in the
ODIs till 2001. Singh was known for his middle-lower order batting and medium-pace bowling
as well as his ground fielding skills. He was noted for his batting in the closing overs (usually
along with Ajay Jadeja) which made him an integral part of the side that competed in the 1999
Cricket World Cup.
[3]
During his playing days, he was regarded as one of the out standing
fielders of the Indian cricket team. Throughout his career Singh was considered a better fit for
One Day matches and he played just one test match for his country.
Coaching career
Robin Singh first moved into coaching when he took up the job of being the coach of the Hong
Kong national cricket team in 2004.
[4]
He helped Hong Kong qualify for the 2004 Asia Cup,
where the team played its only One Day international matches to date. In 2006 Robin Singh was
appointed the coach of India A cricket team, where he coached cricketers like Gautam Gambhir
and Robin Uthappa, a number of cricketers coached by Singh moved on to play for the national
team.
[5]
Singh was named the fielding coach of the Indian national team in 2007 and in 2008 he
was also appointed the first head coach of Deccan Chargers franchise in the Indian Premier
League.
[6]
Singh remained the fielding coach for the Indian team until October 2009 and is
currently coach of the Mumbai Indians of the IPL, whom he led to the runners up position during
the 2010 IPL season and winners of 2013 IPL season as well as the Winners of 2013 Champions
League Twenty20 and 2011 Champions League Twenty20. Robin Singh also coaches USA
Under - 19 squad. In 2011, Singh coached the United States women's cricket team at the World
Cup Qualifier Tournament in Bangladesh.
[7]

Robin Singh Cricket Foundation
Robin Singh teamed up with Arun Kumar Layam
[8]
in 2006 in New Jersey, USA and formed the
Robin Singh Cricket Foundation; The mission of the foundation is to introduce the game of
cricket to a whole new generation of North Americans
[9]
and also to start high performance and
endurance Cricket camps and Cricket Clinics in the coming year.
[10]

References
1. "Robin Singh". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
2. "Robin Singh calls it a day". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
3. "India Squad for 1999 Cricket World Cup". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
4. "Nayan Mongia to coach Thailand". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
5. "India A showing augurs well for the future - Robin". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January
2012.
6. "India's coaching staff fear double standards". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
7. "USA pick 42-year-old captain, two in 50s for WC qualifier". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31
January 2012.
8. "Robin Singh meet and greet event". GreatAndhra. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
9. "CIMA events featured in recent publications". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
10. "Mumbai Indian coach Robin Singh bowls over fans, imparts a few tricks to youngsters".
News East West. Retrieved 6 July 2013.