Rajinder Ghai

Rajinder (Raj) Singh Ghai pronunciation  (born 12 June 1960 in Jalandhar, India)is a former Indian cricketer. He played Ranji Trophy for 10 years and captained the Punjab State team for 3 years. He also went on to play for Indian cricket team, India from 1984 to 1986. Playing in his very first one day international game against England he got Wicket of Tim Robinson in his very first over which is a rare feat. Praised by the press as one of the fastest Indian Bowler of his time along with Kapil Dev and Chetan Sharma, Raj was also famous for his hard hitting batsmanship, having achieved a highest score of 114 not-out against "Services" in 1986. Raj now calls San Diego, California home since last 28 year and is very active in the local cricket community. He played for San Diego Cricket Club in 1991 and has over time won many championships for his team. He was part of the US selection panel for 4 years and was inducted into Southern California Cricket Association (SCCA) Hall of Fame in 2015. He was also honored as the Cricketer of the Century by the Southern California Cricket Association.

Not to be confused with Rajinder Singh (cricketer).

Rajinder Ghai
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Career statistics
Competition FC ODIs LA
Matches 48 6 24
Runs scored 1196 1 156
Batting average 28.47 1.00 19.50
100s/50s 1/7 – / – – /1
Top score 114* 1 74*
Balls bowled 6352 275 1275
Wickets 119 3 32
Bowling average 32.21 86.66 26.75
5 wickets in innings 6 – 1
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling 7/110 1/38 6/38
Catches/stumpings 14/– – / – 5/ –
Source: Cricinfo, 6 March 2006

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