Madhusuden Singh
Panesar
Madhusuden Singh Panesar, generally known as Monty Panesar, is a British Sikh Crickter, who was
born on 25.04.1982 in Luton (England). His parents S. Paramjit Singh and Gursharan Kaur had migrated
from Punjab in 1979. Monty had his education in Luton ending with a degree in Computer Science from
Loughborough University. He was a Cricket Player right from his School Days. He played his first test
match against India in 2007 and then continued his career in test matches against Srilanka, Newzealand,
Australia and West Indies. He also played some one day Cricket Matches. He is known as a Bowler and his
best performance was in a Super Eight’s group game against Bangladsh where he took 3/25 off his seven overs
which included two maidens. Afterwords, he played for Sussex and Northamptonshire as per contracts with
them. When his contract for two years with Sussex ended in 2015, he returned to play for Northamptonshire
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and is presently playing for them. He is a Sikh role model for having shown his excellence as a cricketer in a
foreign country.
Moreover, he is a proud Sikh and has been quoted as saying, ” I follow Sikhism, and maybe
I’ve channeled the discipline that religion creates into my CRICKET. There’s discipline with any religion
and you can take it into a game or into anything else” (The Sunday Times, 6 August 2006) Panesar has uncut
hair and a full length beard, which is a fundamental part of the Sikh identity and way of life. he won the 2006
Beard of the Year completion run by the Beard Liberaton Front. With his firm faith in Sikh identity and
teachings, he is living with his family in England.