[1][2] His grandfather Khushi Cheema fled to the Netherlands following the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India and initially worked as a taxi driver before establishing a transport company in Amstelveen.
[3][4] Singh was spotted at the age of eleven by Netherlands captain Peter Borren, who convinced him to play club cricket for VRA Amsterdam.
[3] Singh represented the Netherlands national under-19 cricket team at the 2019 Under-19 World Cup Europe Qualifier.
He finished as the second-highest run-scorer at the tournament behind Scotland's Tomas Mackintosh, recording 304 runs from five innings including 133 against France.
[13][14] Subsequently in the following game, the Netherlands beat Scotland to earn themselves a place in the 2023 Cricket World Cup.