Manpreet Gony

Manpreet Gony

Personal information
Full name	Manpreet Singh Gony
Born	4 January 1984 (1984-01-04) (age 27) Roopnagar, Punjab, India
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India
ODI debut (cap 173)	25 June 2008 v Hong Kong
Last ODI	28 June 2008 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–present	Tamil Nadu
2008–2010	Chennai Super Kings
2011 - present	Deccan Chargers
Career statistics
Competition	ODI	FC	List A	T20
Matches	2	13	12	23
Runs scored	0	258	20	48
Batting average	–	16.12	4.00	16.00
100s/50s	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0
Top score	0	69	9	15*
Balls bowled	78	2,544	593	462
Wickets	2	32	21	22
Bowling average	38.00	44.31	22.38	27.95
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	0	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	2/65	4/39	4/35	3/34
Catches/stumpings	0/–	2/–	2/–	4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 May 2009

Manpreet Singh Gony (born 4 January 1984, Rupnagar, Punjab), whose real name is Manpreet Singh Grewal is an Indian cricketer from Punjab born in a Jatt Sikh family. He is a right-arm medium pace bowler.

Cricket

Manpreet Singh Gony made his debut for the Punjab cricket team in the Ranji Trophy in the season 2007-08. He was later selected for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

Gony has made his mark in the 2008 Indian Premier League matches. He played for the Chennai Super Kings. He was one of leading wicket takers in the Indian Premier League and also performed well with the bat, scoring crucial runs in the last overs. He was instrumental in the Chennai Super Kings victory against Delhi Dare Devils. He took 17 wickets in 16 matches in the IPL tournament. His team, the Chennai Super Kings, were the runner's up of the IPL tournament. For the IPL season of 2011, Deccan Chargers picked him up for a sum of $290,000.

Gony was drafted into the Indian cricket team for the Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh in place of Sreesanth who was ruled out with a side strain.^[1]

Personal information

He has two elder brothers Harpreet Singh Grewal and Manmohan Singh Grewal and he is married to Manpreet Kaur. To his friends and family, he is known by his nickname “Gony”.^[2]

References

1. ^ Gony replaces Sreesanth in Indian squad for tri-series
2. ^ [1]

External links

• Profile of Manpreet Singh Gony
• Gony a hero for Chennai, and wife Manpreet

Persondata
Name	Gony, Manpreet
Alternative names
Short description	Indian cricketers
Date of birth	4 January 1984
Place of birth	Rupnagar, Punjab
Date of death
Place of death