Punjab Lad Simi Singh Plays World Record Innings For Ireland

Simi Singh, a former Punjab age-group cricketer, who failed to make the senior state side and then shifted to Ireland where he has got to play for the national side, went down in record books as the f

Singh hails from Mohali and played age-group cricket for Punjab. After failing to play at the highest level for the state, he went to Ireland in 2006. He earned an ECB Level 2 coaching degree and certificate as personal trainer.
A few years back he got Irish citizenship.

He also worked in stores, cleaned toilets and then began coaching cricket to schoolchildren. "I was worried when I returned to India in 2008 after my student visa expired. I had nothing else to do. While I could keep paying extra money to extend my student visa that wouldn't have got me permanent residency and my hard work playing for Malahide CC made my life," Simi was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times newspaper in an article published in 2017.

"Two years later, I got a call from YMCA, a top-tier club. That was the club which helped me get a two-year work permit. In 2013, I performed well for them. I scored close to 800 runs and picked 55 wickets. That two-year period got a lot of pressure off my back and now I see my game flourishing," Simi had said.