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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date= October 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Gurinder Sandhu
| fullname = Gurinder Singh Sandhu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|06|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Blacktown]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| nickname =
| heightcm = 196<ref name="cricket.com.au">{{cite web|title=Gurinder Sandhu|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/players/gurinder-sandhu/by_lh695A0CqwjjE9EJtNg|website=cricket.com.au|publisher=[[Cricket Australia]]|access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref>
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]

| international = true
| country = Australia
| internationalspan = 2015
| odidebutdate = 18 January
| odidebutyear = 2015
| odidebutagainst = India
| odicap = 206
| lastodidate = 23 January
| lastodiyear = 2015
| lastodiagainst = England
| odishirt = 28

| club1 = [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2012/13–2017/18}}
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Sydney Thunder]]
| year2 = 2012/13–2019/20
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Delhi Daredevils]]
| year3 = 2015
| clubnumber3 =
| club5 = [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]]
| year5 = 2018/19–2019/20
| clubnumber5 =
| club6 = [[Sydney Sixers]]
| year6 = 2020/21
| clubnumber6 =
| club7 = [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]]
| year7 = 2021/22–present
| clubnumber7 =

| columns = 4

| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = –
| bat avg1 = –
| 100s/50s1 = –
| top score1 = –
| deliveries1 = 120
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 35.66
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/49
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 45
| runs2 = 797
| bat avg2 = 16.26
| 100s/50s2 = 0/2
| top score2 = 97[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 7,556
| wickets2 = 117
| bowl avg2 = 30.73
| fivefor2 = 4
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 6/57
| catches/stumpings2 = 19/–

| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 65
| runs3 = 270
| bat avg3 = 12.85
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 51
| deliveries3 = 3,309
| wickets3 = 124
| bowl avg3 = 22.98
| fivefor3 = 2
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 7/56
| catches/stumpings3 = 18/–

| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches4 = 68
| runs4 = 83
| bat avg4 = 9.22
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 20[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 1,333
| wickets4 = 69
| bowl avg4 = 26.11
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/22
| catches/stumpings4 = 18/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/499660.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 20 December
| year = 2022
|year8=2021/22–present|club8=[[Sydney Thunder]]}}

'''Gurinder Singh Sandhu''' (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]] in Domestic cricket.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/499660.html Gurinder Sandhu – Cricinfo profile]</ref> He played for the [[Australia Under-19 cricket team]] in the [[2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/squad/575973.html ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 / Australia squad]</ref> Sandhu made his senior cricket debut for the [[Sydney Thunder]] in the [[2011–12 Big Bash League season]]. He made his [[List A cricket|List A]] and [[First-class cricket]] debut for [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] at the end of the 2012–2013 Australian cricket season.

Sandhu, born in [[Blacktown, New South Wales]], is the first male cricketer of [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian descent]] to represent Australia in an international tournament.<ref name="indianexpress">[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indian-origin-teen-sensation-gurinder-sandhu-set-to-help-oz-under19-team/991592 Indian origin teen sensation Gurinder Sandhu set to help Oz under-19 team]</ref>{{efn|Two Indian–born [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]] Australians have previously played Test cricket for Australia, [[Bransby Cooper]] in the first ever Test match and [[Rex Sellers (cricketer)|Rex Sellers]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cricketbadger.com/2015/01/gurinder-sandhu-not-the-first-aussie-selected-of-indian-origin/|title=Gurinder Sandhu not the first Aussie selected of Indian origin|date=15 January 2015|access-date=18 January 2015|archive-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515140346/http://cricketbadger.com/2015/01/gurinder-sandhu-not-the-first-aussie-selected-of-indian-origin|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Stuart Clark]] is also of Anglo-Indian ancestry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/05/08/stories/2006050800290500.htm|title=The Clarks and the Booseys|date=8 May 2006|author=S. Muthaih|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803014724/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/05/08/stories/2006050800290500.htm|archive-date=3 August 2009|url-status=usurped}}</ref>}} His parents emigrated to Australia in the 1980s.<ref name="Coverdale">{{cite web|last=Coverdale|first=Brydon| author-link = Brydon Coverdale|title=Emerging Sandhu wins another award| url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/629526.html|work=ESPNCricinfo.com|access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref> In March 2013, Sandhu was voted the [[Australian Cricketers' Association]] player of the month.<ref name="Coverdale" />

It was announced on 26 April 2018 that Sandhu had signed for [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]] for the upcoming season, ending a five-year stint with New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crickettas.com.au/news/gurinder-sandhu-signs-with-cricket-tasmania/2018-04-26 |title=Gurinder Sandhu Signs With Cricket Tasmania |work=Cricket Tasmania |access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref>

==Domestic career==

Sandhu played three games for [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] in the [[2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup]], taking 5 wickets but conceding 6.13 runs per over.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12012;team=438;type=tournament|title=Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 – New South Wales / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=30 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]}}</ref> His best performance of the tournament came against [[Western Australia cricket team|Western Australia]], when he took 4 wickets for 57 runs in a 9-run loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/report/1118571/|title=Labuschagne penalised under new 'fake fielding' rule|date=29 September 2017|access-date=30 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]}}</ref>

==International career==

He made his senior international debut for Australia in a [[One Day International]] against [[India national cricket team|India]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/01/18/sandhu-debut-india-bat-odi|date=18 January 2015|title=Sandhu to debut, India to bat in ODI|agency=Australian Associated Press}}</ref> He had limited success in the series and played no further games for [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]].

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cricinfo|id=499660}}
* {{Twitter}}

{{Queensland Bulls squad}}
{{Sydney Thunder current squad}}

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[[Category:Sydney Sixers cricketers]]

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