India-born USA spinner keen to play against Virat Kohli in T20 World Cup | cricket news

The T20 World Cup 2024 is set to provide unique opportunities to some stars, as the United States cricket team participates in the showpiece event for the first time. The United States team features several established stars with roots in India, Pakistan, and other parts of the world. One such player is Nisarg Patel, who did his schooling in India before migrating to the United States in 2003. He is now keen to pick India’s Ravindra Jadeja and spend some time with Virat Kohli.

“MS Dhoni is my favorite but he is retired now, so I want to take some tips from Ravindra Jadeja because he is my kind of player, a left arm spinner and can bat as well. So a little advice from him “Can also be of great help to me.” Me,” Nisarg told ANI.

Talking about the T20 World Cup 2024, the USA cricketer said that they are very excited as they will be playing the World Cup for the first time.

“We are very excited. People have been waiting for this T20 World Cup for a long time, even the American cricketers are very excited and it is a big opportunity for us to play in the World Cup for the first time. Big teams like To play against.” India and Pakistan are a dream for us and today when our dreams are turning into reality, we are very excited.”

Nisarg further said, “If we get even five to ten minutes to talk to Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah, we will make the most of that opportunity to learn something from them.”

Earlier on Sunday, the USA announced its 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup, with Corey Anderson included in the shortlist of cricketers to represent two different teams at the global event after being named in the USA squad. Ready to happen.

The team will be led by 31-year-old wicketkeeper batsman Monank Patel and the USA team includes some familiar names as well as performers from the recent T20I series against Canada, which they won 4-0.

Other famous names in the mix are opening batsman Steven Taylor, who leads the United States in runs scored in international cricket, Aaron Jones, and most-capped player Saurabh Netrawalkar. The team also includes off-spinner Milind Kumar, who made his debut in this series.

USA Team: Monank Patel (captain), Aaron Jones (vice-captain), Andries Gaus, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, JC Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralavkar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir. Reserve players: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale and Yasir Mohammed.

with ANI input

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