All-rounder Saad bin Zafar will lead Canada in T20 World Cup 2024. cricket news

Canada will be participating in the Men’s T20 World Cup for the first time, with Pakistani-origin all-rounder Saad Bin Zafar leading the team in the showpiece event in the US. The team, comprising players of mostly Indian and Pakistani origin, has been drawn in Group A along with co-hosts USA, India, Pakistan and Ireland. Canada will play its first match against America in Dallas on June 1, after which the team will face Ireland on June 7, Pakistan on June 11 and India on June 15. Canada defeated Bermuda in the ICC T20 in October last year. The World Cup Americas Zone Finals, a double round-robin format for a place in the T20 World Cup.

The Canadians had failed to make it to the global event in the last eight editions of the T20 World Cup.

The 37-year-old Saad, who is also a left-arm spinner and has played 38 T20 matches, is one of the most experienced players in the Canadian team, joining top-order batsman Aaron Johnson and left-arm fast bowler Kaleem Sana. hopefully. Playing eleven.

The team is coached by former Sri Lankan and Canadian international Pubudu Dassanayake, who took over the reins in 2022.

Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton and Dilpreet Bajwa are the only three players in the team under the age of 30.

“The explosive hitting of Aaron Johnson will be vital at the top of the order, as will the pace bowling of Kaleem Sana when Canada takes the field. The all-round skills of Bin Zafar, Thacker and Dilon Heiliger will be vital to Canada’s hopes of winning on the biggest stage. But,” Cricket Canada said in a statement.

Team: Saad Bin Zafar (captain), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heiliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur (wk), Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayankhan Pathan. , Shreyas Movva (wicketkeeper).

Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aditya Varadarajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar. PTI AM AM APA