Swapnil Singh

Some Lesser Known Facts About Swapnil Singh

• Swapnil began playing cricket because of his father who was passionate about cricket. He was also his first cricket coach.

• In 2001, Swapnil was in sixth standard when he shifted from Lucknow to Baroda (now Vadodara) with his family to pursue cricket.
• Swapnil’s father wanted him to become a batsman but after shifting to Baroda, he started to bowl.

• At the age of 14 years and 355 days, Swapnil made his first-class debut for Baroda in 2006 against Hyderabad.

• Swapnil has played Under 15 and Under 19 level cricket with Virat Kohli. They were also roommates during tours to Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

• Swapnil was also part of the India Under 19 World Cup winning squad of 2008 led by Virat Kohli.

• In 2008, Swapnil was picked by the Mumbai Indians in the first-ever season of the Indian Premier League.

• After being unsold in IPL for 8 years, Swapnil was bought by Kings XI Punjab (Now Punjab Kings) in 2016.

  

• Swapnil made his IPL debut for the Kings XI Punjab against Rising Pune Supergiant on 8 April 2017, taking a wicket in the match.

• Swapnil took his maiden IPL wicket of MS Dhoni in 2017 at Indore.

• Swapnil was the highest run scorer for the Baroda in the 2016-17 Duleep Trophy tournament. He was also the leading run scorer for the Baroda team in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 565 runs in six matches.

• Despite consistent performances, Swapnil was dropped from the Baroda team in 2020. Later with the help of former cricketer Irfan Pathan, he joined Uttarakhand.

• Swapnil joined the Lucknow Super Giants team in 2023 for Rs. 20 lakhs.

• The Royal Challengers Bangalore team retained Swapnil for Rs. 50 Lakhs in the IPL auctions held in November 2024. They exercised their Right to Match option for him in the auction.