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26-year-old Virandeep is the one cricketer on the earth who has scored greater than 3000 runs and in addition dismissed at the least 100 batters in T20Is.
Virandeep Singh has played 110 T20I matches for Malaysia. (Picture Credit: Instagram)
Virandeep Singh is a 26-year-old cricketer who represents Malaysia in international cricket. He is a component of the 359-player list that can go under the hammer within the IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, December 16. Virandeep is one in every of the 4 cricketers on the earth who has accomplished the trio of scoring 100 runs, smacking 100 sixes and taking 100 wickets in T20Is.
Virandeep has played a complete of 110 T20I matches to date for Malaysia since making his debut against Thailand in Kuala Lumpur on June 24, 2019. In those 110 matches, he has scored 3115 runs in 103 innings and picked up 109 wickets.
He has slammed 1 century and 22 half-centuries within the 20-over format of the sport. He has 128 sixes to his credit in T20Is and has also led the Malaysian cricket team in 14 matches.
Virandeep, who holds the world record of winning most Player Of The Match (POTM) awards in T20Is, has registered himself for a base price of Rs 30 lakh within the IPL 2026 auction.
Within the last 18 years many players from associate nations have featured within the IPL, but when picked, then Virandeep will develop into the primary cricketer to ever play within the IPL from Malaysia.
The last cricketer to play within the IPL from an associate nation was Sandeep Lamichhane. Sandeep, who represents Nepal in international cricket, played nine IPL matches for Delhi Capitals from 2018 to 2019 and dismissed 13 batters.
The opposite associate players who’ve featured within the IPL include the likes of Dirk Nannes and Ryan ten Doeschate. Nannes, who played for the Netherlands before switching to Australia, represented three IPL teams – Delhi Capitals, CSK and RCB – in a complete of 29 matches and dismissed 28 batters. Then again, Ryan ten Doeschate played 26 IPL matches for Kolkata Knight Riders and scored 326 runs. He won two IPL titles with KKR as a player in 2012 and 2014 under Gautam Gambhir’s leadership, and within the 2024 edition, when KKR won their third IPL title, he was a part of the support staff.
After Gambhir was appointed as India’s head coach in July 2024, he included Ten Doeschate in his support staff as assistant coach.
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