SUNDAY, january 12, 2014
Born on May 6, 1995, Pankaj Singh is an Indian first-class cricketer, who was born in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Pankaj is a fast bowler. He was selected to the Indian Test Cricket squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series of 2007-08 in Australia, but was not selected to play. He plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).[2] [3] A tall and strapping right-arm medium-fast bowler from Rajasthan, has progressed from the Under-19 level to the India A side with consistent performances since he made his first-class debut in August 2003. By 2006 he started showing signs of having matured, taking Rajasthan to the final of the Ranji Plate league, with 21 wickets at 20.95. In 2007, he was part of India A’s twin tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya, and a total of 18 wickets in the unofficial Tests and ODIs in Kenya earned him a spot for the home series against South Africa A. With Sreesanth and Munaf Patel injured, he earned a call-up to India’s Test squad to tour Australia. He signed with the Rajasthan Royals in the inaugural IPL before transferring to Royal Challengers Bangalore for the second season. His next big break came when he was included in the limited-overs sides for India’s tour of Zimbabwe, when the selectors decided to rest several senior players.
Pankaj has the distinction of swinging the ball both the ways and has the ability to hit the deck.
He has been a good performer for Rajasthan at the domestic circuit for many seasons.
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. Name the all-rounder who is new comer selected for the New Zeeland Tour of India recently?
2. For which team Iqbal Abdullah played in Indian Premier League (IPL) Season-6?
3. Who was the top scorer of the 2nd Test match of India-SA Series, which concluded recently?
4. Who scored century for J&K in the Ranji trophy quarterfinal match at Vadodara in Gujarat?
5. Who is Richard Hadlee?
Answers of the last week:
1. 29 runs 2. Pune Warriors 3. Dale Steyn 4. Jammu and Kashmir 5. Indian First Class cricketer.
The best entry of this week was received from Tushar Mahajan, H No 55 Lower Laxmi Nagar Sarwal, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Dhar, Lane-1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu; Rohit Bhat, Janipur, Jammu; Rajan Singh, Vijaypur, Samba: Satish Kumar, New Plot, Jammu; Dheeraj Sharma, Patoli Brahmana, Jammu and Nipun Verma, Krishna Nagar, Jammu.
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