Gurkeerat Singh Mann (Cricketer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Gurkeerat Singh Mann

• Though Gurkeerat hails from Muktsar, Punjab; his family moved to Mohali, Punjab in 1995.

• He started playing cricket when he was just 10 years old.

• In 2011, he got selected in the ‘Punjab’ cricket team and played his first T20 match against ‘Haryana’ in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at Rohtak, Haryana.

• In 2014, he got an opportunity to play for ‘India A’ and in one of the matches against ‘Bangladesh A’, he scored 65 runs and also picked 5 wickets by giving just 29 runs.

• In the ‘2015-16 Ranji Trophy’ tournament, he scored double-century for ‘Punjab’ against ‘Railways.’ He also picked 9 wickets for ‘Punjab’ against ‘Andhra.’

• ‘Kings XI Punjab’ bought him several times in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017 for the ‘Indian Premier League’ (IPL) auction.

• He is also known for his fielding and in IPL 2013, he took an amazing catch of Pune Warriors India’s Ross Taylor near the boundary rope for which he received the award for the ‘Best Catch of the Season’ and also received Rs. 10 lakhs.

• In 2016, he got selected in the ‘India’ cricket team and made his ODI debut against ‘Australia’ at Melbourne, Australia.

• In 2018, ‘Delhi Daredevils’ bought him for Rs. 75 lakh for the ‘2018 IPL’ auction.

• He is an occasional wicket-keeper.