https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Daljit_Singh_cricketer_born_1940sDaljit Singh cricketer born 1940s - Revision history2026-08-01T08:07:26ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Daljit_Singh_cricketer_born_1940s&diff=129045&oldid=prev>DannyS712 bot at 17:02, 21 March 20192019-03-21T17:02:02Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}<br />
{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Daljit Singh<br />
| image = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |73 |2015|11|3}}<ref name=feet/><br />
| birth_place = <br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = <br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]<br />
| club1 = [[Services cricket team|Services]]<br />
| year1 = 1961/62–1964/65<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| club2 = [[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]]<br />
| year2 = 1963/64<br />
| clubnumber2 = <br />
| club3 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]<br />
| year3 = 1965/66<br />
| clubnumber3 = <br />
| club4 = [[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]<br />
| year4 = 1966/67–1978/79<br />
| clubnumber4 = <br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 87<br />
| runs1 = 3,964<br />
| bat avg1 = 32.76<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 7/19<br />
| top score1 = 145<br />
| deliveries1 = 72<br />
| wickets1 = 1<br />
| bowl avg1 = 59.00<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/15<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 157/68<br />
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]<br />
| matches2 = 3<br />
| runs2 = 28<br />
| bat avg2 = 14.00<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 27<br />
| deliveries2 = –<br />
| wickets2 = –<br />
| bowl avg2 = –<br />
| fivefor2 = –<br />
| tenfor2 = n/a<br />
| best bowling2 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/0<br />
| date = 14 January<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/28598.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Daljit Singh''' (born 1940–1941) is an Indian former [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er and pitch curator. He played for various teams during his career from 1961/62 to 1978/79. After his playing career, he became a pitch curator and chairman of the grounds and pitches committee of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]].<br />
<br />
==Life and career==<br />
Singh was a [[wicket-keeper]] batsman who appeared in 87 first-class and 3 List A matches. The teams he represented include Services, Northern Punjab, Delhi, Bihar, North Zone and East Zone. He was a prolific wicket-keeper and batsman, effecting more than 200 dismissals and scoring close to 4000 runs. He was working for the [[Indian Navy]] when he started his cricket career with Services. He played for Bihar for 12 seasons and also captained them to [[1975–76 Ranji Trophy]] final.<ref name=pap>{{cite web|last1=Lokapally|first1=Vijay|title=Pitch and perspective|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/pitch-and-perspective/article5306368.ece|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=14 January 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
Singh was employed with [[Tata Steel]] in [[Jamshedpur]] during his career with Bihar. He worked for one year at [[10 Janpath]], where he prepared a [[cricket pitch]] inside the residence of the Indian Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] for Shastri's son who was interested in cricket. He worked for 22 years with Tata Steel as chief of community and rural development services, before being employed for three years in Bangalore by an NGO. During his stay in Bangalore he coached the likes of [[Rahul Dravid]], [[Anil Kumble]], [[Javagal Srinath]] and [[Venkatesh Prasad]]. He was then offered a coaching role with the Punjab team as well as a role with the under-construction stadium in [[Mohali]] by the [[Punjab Cricket Association]] (PCA) secretary [[I. S. Bindra]].<ref name=pap/><br />
<br />
He has been the curator of Mohali's [[PCA Stadium]] for over 20 years.<ref name=feet>{{cite web|title=When Virat Kohli touched curator Daljit Singh's feet|url=http://www.sify.com/sports/when-virat-kohli-touched-curator-daljit-singh-s-feet-news-cricket-pldlwwcaabfic.html|publisher=Sify|accessdate=14 January 2016}}</ref> He was a member of BCCI's first Pitch Committee that was formed in 1997.<ref name=pap/> He worked as the chairman of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI) grounds and pitches committee but was sacked in December 2009 after an ODI at Delhi was called off with the match referee declaring the pitch "dangerous" and unsuitable for play.<ref>{{cite web|title='I should have insisted on trials' - Daljit Singh|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/story/441696.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=14 January 2016}}</ref> He became the chairman of BCCI's grounds and pitches committee again, and holds the position as of December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curator does not decide result of the game: Daljeet Singh|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/cricketnext/news/curator-does-not-decide-result-of-the-game-daljeet-singh-1171565.html|publisher=IBNLive|accessdate=14 January 2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist|30em}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/28598.html}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/38/38608/38608.html}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Daljit}}<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Services cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Southern Punjab cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Delhi cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Bihar cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:North Zone cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:East Zone cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricket coaches]]<br />
[[Category:1940s births]]</div>>DannyS712 bot