Ireland's Simi Singh, first cricketer to score ODI century batting at No 8, has India connect

Mohali’s Simi Singh, who plays for Ireland, becomes the first-ever cricketer to score an ODI century batting at No 8 or lower. Singh scored a feisty 100 not out against a quality South African bowling attack in the third ODI at Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin on Thursday.

Frustrated that his cricketing career was not going anywhere, an 18-year-old Simranjit Singh, aka Simi Singh, of Mohali, Punjab, packed his bags for Ireland in 2005 to pursue hotel management. South Africa win the 3rd ODI in MalahideSimi Singh's maiden ODI century, the highest ODI score ever by a No.8, proves to be an effort in vain as the series is tied 1-1.: @cricketireland#IREvSA | https://t.co/zJEPNH7N9b pic.twitter.com/ZK7Ztdpyl6 Very little did Simi know that destiny had something else in store for him, as cricket followed him to Ireland as well. He came to know that he could pursue his cricket and academics simultaneously. So, in 2006, he joined Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin as a professional.