Vikramjit Singh

His cricket took shape at VRA, the Amsterdam club where his coach was Peter Borren, then captain of the Dutch national side. When Singh was 13, Borren predicted that only selection by India would keep him from finishing as the Netherlands' leading run-scorer in international cricket. Singh played his first Topklasse match a year after that remark and has stayed with VRA throughout his career. When Borren left in 2023, Singh took over the captaincy, becoming the youngest player to lead the club in its 135-year history.

He had already broken into the national team by then. His international debut came in a T20I against Scotland at the age of 16, batting at number three. Early on his place was not secure, as Max O'Dowd and Stephan Myburgh held the opening roles he wanted. That changed in 2022, when Myburgh stepped away from ODIs partway through the Netherlands' Super League campaign. Still a teenager, Singh moved into the vacant opening spot.

A series against the West Indies gave him his first ODI half-century. Across those matches he averaged 49 and scored at close to a run a ball, showing comfort against fast bowling and an aggressive approach in the powerplay. He kept his place for the rest of the Super League matches. His first ODI hundred followed at the World Cup Qualifier, which went well for the Netherlands, when he made 110 from 109 balls against Oman. He has not yet produced comparable results in T20 cricket.