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| Born | 8 March 1963 Amritsar, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gursharan Singh 
pronunciation (helpĀ·info) (born 8 March 1963) is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and one One Day International in 1990.
While appearing as a substitute for Roger Binny in the Third Test against West Indies in 1983 at Ahmedabad, he became the first person to take four substitute catches in a Test.[1] Gursharan later became a senior manager with the Steel Authority of India, Delhi.[2]
In August 2018, he was appointed as the coach for Arunachal Pradesh.[3] In September 2019 he was appointed coach of Uttarakhand.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "West Indies tour of India, 3rd Test: India v West Indies at Ahmedabad, Nov 12-16, 1983". ESPN.
- ā "Remembering Gursharan who made Tendulkar's first Irani hundred possible". Mid-day.
- ā "BCCI eases entry for new domestic teams as logistical challenges emerge". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ā Lokapally, Vijay (4 September 2019). "Gursharan Singh named Uttarakhand coach". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 September 2019.