Anish Edward Paraam (born 19 July 1990) is a Singaporean

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er. He has played for the

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since 2008, as a right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

Personal life

Paraam is a nephew of Singapore cricket pioneer Stacey Muruthi. His brothers

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and Prasheen have also represented Singapore in cricket, as well as his cousins Peter and James Muruthi and

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Domestic career

Paraam played club cricket in England for Horwich in the Bolton Cricket League. He represented

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in two first-class matches during the 2014 English season. He is one of three Singaporeans to have played first-class matches for an English university around the same time, the others being Oxford University's Sachin Mylavarapu and Durham MCCU's Abhiraj Singh. Paraam has also played club cricket in Australia for Great Northern Raiders in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League.

International career

Paraam was named in Singapore's squad for

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in Jersey. He was in Singapore's squad for the

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tournament. He was the leading run-scorer for Singapore in the tournament, with 218 runs in five matches. In October 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad for the

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tournament in Oman. In July 2019, he was named in Singapore's

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(T20I) squad for the

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of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament. He made his T20I debut against

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on 22 July 2019. In September 2019, he was named in Singapore's squad for the

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tournament. In July 2022, he was named in Singapore's squad for the

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tournament. He made his

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debut on 28 July 2022, for Singapore against

. Paraam scored his maiden T20I century, 100 not out, against the

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at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paraam, Anish 1990 births Living people Singaporean cricketers Singapore Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Durham MCCU cricketers SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in cricket Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore Singaporean sportspeople of Indian descent