Virandeep Singh (born 23 March 1999) is a Malaysian cricketer who currently plays and captains the Malaysia cricket team.[1] His elder brother, Pavandeep Singh, is also a Malaysian cricketer.
He played for Malaysia in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in May 2017.[2] Prior to the Division 3 tournament, he was captain of the national side for the 2016 Under-19 Asia Cup.[3] In April 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament, held in Malaysia.[4]
He was in Malaysia's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament,[5][6] and was the leading run-scorer for Malaysia in the tournament, with 165 runs in five matches.[7] In October 2018, he was named in Malaysia's squad in the Eastern sub-region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament.[8]
In June 2019, he was named in Malaysia's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series tournament.[9] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Malaysia, against Thailand, on 24 June 2019.[10] He made his List A debut for Malaysia, against Denmark, in the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament on 16 September 2019.[11] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Malaysia, with 181 runs in five matches.[12]
In September 2019, he was named as the captain of Malaysia's squad for their series against Vanuatu.[13] In the opening match of the tour, at the age of 20 years and 190 days,[14] Singh became the youngest male cricketer to captain a side in a T20I match.[15]
