Manvinder Bisla

Manvinder Bisla
Personal information
Full name Manvinder Sultansingh Bisla
Born 27 December 1984 (1984-12-27) (age 27)
Hisar, Haryana, India
Batting style Right-handed
Role Wicket-keeper, Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002/03 Haryana
2003/04–present Himachal Pradesh
2011 – Present Kolkata Knight Riders
First-class debut 9 November 2002 Haryana v Madhya Pradesh
Last First-class 27 December 2007 Himachal Pardesh v Rajasthan
List A debut 27 September 2003 India Emerging Players v Sri Lanka Emerging Players
Last List A 5 April 2008 Himachal Pradesh v Vidarbha
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20 Youth Tests
Matches 31 29 5 3
Runs scored 1537 531 78 133
Batting average 32.02 21.24 19.50 26.60
100s/50s 4/6 0/3 0/0 0/1
Top score 168 81 42* 78
Balls bowled 120 36 0 480
Wickets 0 0 3
Bowling average 74.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0
Best bowling 0/3 0/15 2/29
Catches/stumpings 81/12 21/11 8/0 3/0
Source: CricketArchive, 25 September 2008

Manvinder Singh Bisla (born December 27, 1984 in Hisar, Haryana), is an Indian cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman and usually opens the batting for his team. Bisla is one of the lesser known of the wicket-keeper/batsman that Indian cricket unearthed from the junior and India-A ranks in the last decade, the others being Ajay Ratra, Parthiv Patel, MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik. Bisla was the stand-in captain of the U-19 test team during their tour to England in 2002 season. The match ended in a draw.

Manvinder Singh Bisla made his debut in Ranji Trophy domestic cricket in the subsequent cricket season (2002/3) for his home state - Haryana. He moved to Himachal Pradesh in 2003/04 season as Ajay Ratra is part of the Haryana team and currently represents the HP in Indian domestic cricket. In 2011 he was signed by the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders.He played as the wicket keeper of kkr in first 5 matches when Brad Haddin was not available.He opened the batting with all rounder Jacques Kallis from South Africa.

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