Baljit Singh (born 23 August 1983) is an Italian

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er who plays for the

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. In May 2019, he was named in Italy's squad for their

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(T20I) series against Germany in the Netherlands. He made his T20I debut for Italy against

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on 25 May 2019. The same month, he was named in Italy's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey. He played in Italy's opening match of the Regional Finals, against

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, on 15 June 2019. He finished the tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker, with ten dismissals. In September 2021, he was named in Italy's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the

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tournament.

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* 1983 births Living people Italian cricketers Italy Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Italian people of Indian descent People from Kapurthala district Indian emigrants to Italy {{Italy-cricket-bio-stub