Colin de Grandhomme

Some Lesser Known Facts About Colin de Grandhomme

• Does Colin de Grandhomme smoke?: Not Known

• Does Colin de Grandhomme drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Colin is the son of late Zimbabwean cricketer ‘Laurence Leonard de Grandhomme.’

• His great-uncle ‘Bunny de Grandhomme’ aka ‘Hilary Laurence de Grandhomme’ also played for ‘Rhodesia’ (now known as Zimbabwe) cricket team.

• He played his first cricket match for the ‘Manicaland’ cricket team.

• In 2003 to 2004, he played for ‘Zimbabwe’ cricket team in the ‘Under-19 Cricket World Cup.’

• In 2005, he made his first-class debut for ‘Zimbabwe A’ against ‘Kenya’ at Harare, Zimbabwe.

• In 2006, he became the part of the ‘Auckland’ cricket team after leaving Zimbabwe.

• In 2009, his name was listed in the team of ‘New Zealand Emerging Players’ to take part in Australia’s quadrangular tournament.

• In 2012, he got selected in the ‘New Zealand’ cricket team and played his first T20 International match against ‘Zimbabwe’ at Auckland, New Zealand.

• In 2017, he got the chance to play for ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) for the ‘2017 Indian Premier League’ (IPL) auction in replacement of ‘Andre Russell‘ after when Andre was banned for 1 year in case of violating a doping clause.

• In 2018, ‘Royal Challengers Bangalore’ (RCB) bought him for Rs. 2.20 Crore for the ‘2018  Indian Premier League’ (IPL) auction.