Virat Singh, a 23-year-old batsman made his IPL debut for the Sunrisers Hyderabad versus Mumbai Indians on Saturday. The Jharkhand player was brought into the playing 11 after SRH lost both their games in IPL 2021. David Warner announced four changes overall, adding Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed, Abhishekh Sharma, and Virat Singh to the playing 11.

Singh was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2020 auction for Rs 1.9 crores, which was nearly ten times his base price.  His addition to the team is Warner’s attempt to counter the middle-order woes. He can bat at the top of the order and also finish games in the shortest format of the game, the IPL website says. He made his first mark in IPL when he took an easy catch to dismiss Rohit Sharma.

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With a strike rate of 142.32, Virat Singh scored 343 runs in 10 matches in the 2019-20 Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament and he was the lead run-scorer for Jharkhand in the domestic tournament. In  Syed Musthtaq Ali 2021, Singh amassed 250 runs in five innings at an average of 62.50.

He played under the captaincy of MS Dhoni in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2016-17. 

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In late 2015, Virat Singh made his Under-19 debut in two tri-series, first against Afghanistan and Bangladesh at home. The second tri-series in Sri Lanka and England, included a match-winning unbeaten 60 runs by him from number 6 in Colombo. 

Virat Singh made his debut in all three formats for Jharkhand at the age of 16. Virat Singh was born on December 8, 1997, in Bihar’s East Singhbhum, which is now in Jharkhand.