Vikramjit Singh (born 9 January 2003) is an Indian-born Dutch

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er. He made his debut for the

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in 2019 as a left-handed

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Personal life

Singh was born on 9 January 2003 in Cheema Khurd,

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to a

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family. His grandfather Khushi Cheema fled to the Netherlands following the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India and initially worked as a taxi driver before establishing a transport company in

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. The family moved back and forth between the Netherlands and India over the following decades, before settling permanently in the Netherlands when Singh was seven.

Junior career

Singh was spotted at the age of eleven by Netherlands captain

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, who convinced him to play club cricket for VRA Amsterdam. He received private coaching from Borren and Amit Uniyal, attending Uniyal's academy in

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for several years. He made his debut for Netherlands A at the age of 15. Singh represented the

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at the 2019 Under-19 World Cup Europe Qualifier. He finished as the second-highest run-scorer at the tournament behind Scotland's Tomas Mackintosh, recording 304 runs from five innings including 133 against France.

Senior career

Singh was named in the Netherlands'

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(T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series. He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands, against

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, on 19 September 2019. In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad. He made his

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debut on 11 May 2021, for the Netherlands A team against the Ireland Wolves, during their

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. Later the same month, he was named in the Dutch

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(ODI) squad for their series against Scotland. In February 2022, he was named in the Dutch ODI squad for their series against New Zealand. He made his ODI debut on 29 March 2022, for the Netherlands against

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. In July 2023, Singh beat his previous ODI personal best of 88 runs by scoring 110 against

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to help the team win by 74 runs for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in

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. Subsequently in the following game, the Netherlands beat

to earn themselves a place in the

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. In May 2024, he was named in the Netherlands squad for the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Vikramjit 2003 births Living people Dutch cricketers Netherlands One Day International cricketers Netherlands Twenty20 International cricketers People from Jalandhar district Indian emigrants to the Netherlands Dutch people of Indian descent Dutch people of Punjabi descent