You must be unaware of this, 4 ‘foreign’ players from Afghanistan to Malaysia have played matches for India

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|26-09-2024

Players: There are hundreds of such examples in the world when a player is seen playing cricket for a country other than his own. Many Indian players are included in this episode, who are seen playing cricket for other countries.

Today, there are many Indian players who are seen playing for other countries other than India. However, it is a very rare case when a foreign player is seen playing cricket for Team India but there are 4 players included in this who have played cricket for India despite being from another country.

These 4 foreign players have played cricket for Team India-

robin singh

The first name in this list is former Team India player Robin Singh. Robin's parents are of Indian origin but before Robin's birth, they settled in the Caribbean country Trinidad and Singh was also born there.

However, after this Robin Singh went to Chennai to complete his studies and since then started playing cricket from here but his family still lives in Trinidad. Robin has played 1 Test match and 136 ODI matches for India.

Salim Durrani

Former Indian all-rounder Salim Durani was born in Kabul city of Afghanistan but after that he came and settled in India. He made his debut for Team India in 1960 and has played 29 Test matches for India. During this time, Salim has scored 1202 runs, while he has also taken 75 wickets.You must be unaware of this, from Afghanistan to Malaysia, 4 'foreign' players have played for India Match 2

Lal Singh

Former Indian batsman Lal Singh was not born in India but in Malaysia but he came to India and from here he also made his debut for Team India. Lal Singh is among those players of India who have been a part of the playing eleven of Team India's first Test match. Singh made his debut for the Indian team against England and in that only Test match, 44 runs came from his bat but after that he did not get a chance to play for the team.

Ashok Gandotra

Former Indian player Ashok Gandotra is also included in this list. Ashok was born in Brazil but his parents were from Delhi, India. However, his father used to work in Brazil and when he came back to India, his son Ashok Gandotra got a chance to play from Delhi. Ashok made his debut for India in 1969 and has played two Test matches.

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