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| name = PR Man Singh<br />
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| country = India<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|11|24|df=yes}}<br />
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| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]<br />
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| club1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]<br />
| year1 = 1965/66<br />
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| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 5<br />
| runs1 = 57<br />
| bat avg1 = 9.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 27*<br />
| deliveries1 = 120<br />
| wickets1 = 1<br />
| bowl avg1 = 59.00<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/32<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/0<br />
| date = 26 December<br />
| year = 2019<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/31427.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
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{{Medal|Winner|[[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 England and Wales]]|}}<br />
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'''PR Man Singh''' (born 24 November 1938) is an Indian former [[cricket]] player and administrator. He was the manager of the [[India national cricket team|Indian team]] that won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]], and also managed the Indian team which reached the semi-finals at the [[1987 Cricket World Cup]]. He later served as the secretary of the [[Hyderabad Cricket Association]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
A right-handed batsman and [[off break]] bowler, Man Singh played five first-class matches between 1965/66 and 1968/69, representing [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] and Hyderabad Blues in the [[Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Man Singh |url=http://f7.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39717/39717.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=26 December 2019 |archive-date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722073327/http://f7.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39717/39717.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Man Singh became an administrator after his playing career. He worked as the assistant team manager for India on its [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1978–79|tour to Pakistan]] in 1978.<ref name=sportstar>{{cite news |last1=Lokapally |first1=Vijay |title=When manager flouted Board rules |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/pr-man-singh-india-team-manager-1983-world-cup-win/article28158100.ece |access-date=26 December 2019 |work=Sportstar |date=26 June 2019}}</ref> He was selected as the manager for the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]], after securing a 15–13 win over [[Niranjan Shah]] in a special [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] general meeting vote for the post.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news |last1=Subrahmanyam |first1=V. V. |title=I enjoyed every bit of my role, says 1983 cricket World Cup manager Man Singh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/i-enjoyed-every-bit-of-my-role/article27248684.ece |access-date=26 December 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=25 May 2019}}</ref> He was part of the six-member selection committee that appointed [[Kapil Dev]] as the captain for the tournament. Man Singh and Kapil Dev were then involved in the World Cup squad selection.<ref name=sportstar/> India went on to lift the World Cup, despite being tipped as massive underdogs at the start of the tournament when bookmakers' odds was at 66-1 for an Indian win.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-year-everything-changed-355230| title = The year everything changed}}</ref><br />
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After India's World Cup victory, Man Singh reportedly wrote a letter to ''[[Wisden Cricket Monthly]]'''s editor [[David Frith]], who had downplayed India's chances before the tournament and declared that he would "eat his words" if India won the tournament, reminding him of his "promise". The September 1983 edition of the magazine ran a copy of Man Singh's letter along with a photograph of Frith with a piece of paper in his mouth, captioned, "India made me eat my words".<ref>{{cite news |title=1983 WC triumph: did you know? |url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/1983-wc-triumph-did-you-know-565946.html |access-date=26 December 2019 |work=News18 |date=25 June 2010}}</ref><ref name=cricbuzz>{{cite news |title=PR Man Singh: One-man treasure trove of cricket tales and memorabilia |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/76698/pr-man-singh-one-man-treasure-trove-of-cricket-tales-and-memorabilia |access-date=26 December 2019 |work=Cricbuzz |date=22 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=When Kapil's Devils made a scribe eat his words |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-when-kapil-s-devils-made-a-scribe-eat-his-words-1172612 |access-date=26 December 2019 |work=DNA India |date=21 June 2008}}</ref><br />
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Man Singh went on to manage the Indian team at the [[1987 Cricket World Cup]] in the subcontinent where India reached the semi-finals. Later, he managed Hyderabad Blues in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Tournament and served as the secretary of the [[Hyderabad Cricket Association]].<ref name=cricbuzz/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Man Singh's residence in [[Karkhana, Secunderabad]], named "Pavilion", houses a cricket memorabilia room which was inaugurated by [[Sachin Tendulkar]] in 2003. The collection includes hundreds of books, ties, bats and souvenir which he had assembled since the 1950s.<ref name=cricbuzz/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=Jagannath |title=Chattis saal baad…Man Singh has it all |url=https://telanganatoday.com/chattis-saal-baad-man-singh-has-it-all |access-date=26 December 2019 |work=Telangana Today |date=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=N. Jagannath |title=Legends Stumped at the Pavilion |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2015/Sep/17/legends-stumped-at-the-pavilion-815983.html |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=The New Indian Express |date=17 September 2015 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
The 2021 Indian film ''[[83 (film)|83]]'', which is based on India's World Cup win, features [[Pankaj Tripathi]] portraying Man Singh's character. In the film, the character speaks in Hyderabad dialect.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pankaj Tripathi on meeting manager Man Singh for 83: Got emotional listening to his life journey |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/pankaj-tripathi-on-meeting-manager-man-singh-for-83-1561763-2019-07-04 |access-date=26 December 2019 |work=India Today |date=4 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{India 1983 Cricket World Cup squad}}<br />
{{India 1987 Cricket World Cup squad}}<br />
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