Bantoo Singh (born 17 February 1963), also spelled as Bantu Singh, is a former Indian first-class

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er who played for

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from 1985/86 to 1995/96. In 2005, he became a selector for the Delhi District Cricket Association.

Life and career

Singh was born on 17 February 1963 in Delhi. His father Dilbaugh Singh was the founder of

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Club and had also played first-class cricket for

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. He had also worked as a selector of Delhi. Singh played as a right-handed middle-order batsman, representing Delhi between the 1985/86 to 1995/96 seasons. He scored more than 3000 first-class runs and 11 hundreds including hundreds in two Ranji Trophy finals: 179 against Bengal in the 1988–89 Ranji Trophy final and 123 against Tamil Nadu in the

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final. He had also captained the team in a few matches and appeared for

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. Although he had played his last first-class match in 1995/96, he announced his retirement only in November 2005. In August 2005, Delhi District Cricket Association appointed Singh as a member of the five-man Delhi selection panel. He later became the chairman of Delhi under-19 selection panel.

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