Amar Singh (cricketer)
| Amar Singh India (IND) | ||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 7 | 92 |
| Runs scored | 292 | 3344 |
| Batting average | 22.46 | 24.23 |
| 100s/50s | -/1 | 5/18 |
| Top score | 51 | 140* |
| Balls bowled | 2182 | 23689 |
| Wickets | 28 | 506 |
| Bowling average | 30.64 | 18.35 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | 42 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | 14 |
| Best bowling | 7/86 | 8/23 |
| Catches/stumpings | 3/- | 77/- |
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Test debut: 25 June, 1932 | ||
Ladhabhai Nakum Amar Singh (b. December 4 1910 in Rajkot, Gujarat — d. May 21, 1940 in Jamnagar, Gujarat) was an Indian Test cricketer.
A right-arm fast-medium bowler and effective lower-order batsman, Amar Singh played in seven Tests for India before World War II. He took 28 wickets in these matches.
Amar Singh played first-class cricket over a nine year period; in 92 first-class matches he took 508 wickets at the outstanding bowling average of 18.35. He also scored five centuries as a batsman.
Amar Singh along with Mohammad Nissar formed part of a duo of fast bowlers for India who were among the best of their time. Amar Singh was also the first Indian to score a Test match 50, which he scored in India's first Test Match played against England at Lords in 1932.
In domestic cricket he was the first Indian to complete the all-rounders double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.
He died of pneumonia in 1940.