Manpreet Gony

Manpreet Singh Gony (born 4 January 1984) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-hand middle order batsman. He is married to Manpreet Kaur and has son Ranveer Singh Grewal and daughter Geevan Grewal. In June 2019, Gony announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, except for short-format leagues played overseas.[1]

Manpreet Gony
Personal information
Full nameManpreet Singh Gony
Born (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984
Rupnagar, Punjab, India
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 173)25 June 2008 v Hong Kong
Last ODI28 June 2008 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2019Punjab
2008–2010Chennai Super Kings
2011–2012Deccan Chargers
2013–2017Kings XI Punjab
2018–2019Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC List A T20
Matches 2 61 55 90
Runs scored – 1,226 479 501
Batting average – 17.02 19.16 13.54
100s/50s –/– 0/5 0/0 0/0
Top score – 69* 46* 42
Balls bowled 78 10,863 2,725 1,874
Wickets 2 196 77 96
Bowling average 38.00 28.77 27.87 25.00
5 wickets in innings 0 10 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/65 6/36 4/35 4/16
Catches/stumpings 0/– 13/– 12/– 17/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 June 2019

Career

Manpreet Singh Gony made his debut for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy in the season 2007–08. He was later selected for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.[2]

Gony has made his mark in the 2008 Indian Premier League matches. He played for the Chennai Super Kings. He was one of leading wicket takers in the Indian Premier League and also performed well with the bat, scoring crucial runs in the last overs. He was instrumental in the Chennai Super Kings victory against Delhi Daredevils. He took 17 wickets in 16 matches in the IPL tournament. His team, the Chennai Super Kings, were the runner's up of the IPL tournament. For the IPL season of 2011, Deccan Chargers picked him up for a sum of $290,000. Gony was later picked up by Kings XI Punjab for the season 6 of IPL. Gony got a chance to play his first match against KKR where he played a match winning innings of 42 off 18 balls with a strike rate of 233. He was presented with the man of the match for his powerful batting performance.

Gony was drafted into the Indian cricket team for the Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh in place of Sreesanth who was ruled out with a side strain.[3]

On 25 March 2012, Gony became the first player ever to bowl three maiden overs in a top-level Twenty20 match. Gony finished with figures of 4–3–5–3 in Punjab's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy quarter final win against Madhya Pradesh.[4][5][6] He still holds the joint record for bowling the most number of maiden overs in a single T20(3).

He was the leading wicket-taker for Punjab in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 19 dismissals in five matches.[7] In February 2017, he was bought by the Gujarat Lions team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 60 lakhs.[8]

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[9]

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References
  1. "Manpreet Gony retires from Indian cricket, signs up for Global T20 Canada". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "IPL's one-hit wonders: Where are they now?". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. Gony replaces Sreesanth in Indian squad for tri-series
  4. "Records – Twenty20 Matches – Bowling records – Most maidens in an innings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  5. "4th Quarter-final: Madhya Pradesh v Punjab at Mumbai, Mar 25, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. "Gony and VRV Singh dismantle MP". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. "Ranji Trophy, 2017/18: Punjab batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  8. "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  9. "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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