Cricket Canada has announced the Senior National Squad it has selected for the ICC WCL Division 2, Namibia. Team Canada’s fourteen player Squad is as follows:
Davy Jacob (Captain), Navneet Dhaliwal, Rodrigo Thomas, Nitish Kumar, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Bhavindu Adihetty, Hiral Patel, Nikhil Dutta, Ravinderpal Singh, Srimantha Wijeyeratne, Saad Bin Zafar, Cecil Pervez, Romesh Galkandage Don and Dilon Heyliger
Recently appointed Monty Desai will serves as the Squad’s Head Coach. He will be accompanied and assisted by Kantharatnam Shanthikumar – Manager, Henry Osinde – Bowling Coach and Daulat Khan – Asst Coach/Asst Analyst,
Team Canada departed Toronto for South Africa (Potchefstroom) on Friday April 5 for a 2 week practice tour and will then be heading to Namibia for WCL 2! One of the warm-up games for Canada will be against the strong Afghanistan side that is currently touring South Africa. The following are the Team Canada Player Profiles:
Full name David Johan Jacobs
Born November 4, 1982, Klerksdorp, Transvaal
Current age 36 years 152 days
Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Full name Navneet Singh Dhaliwal
Born October 10, 1988, Chandigarh, Punjab
Current age 30 years 177 days
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right arm medium fast
Full name Rodrigo Augustine Thomas
Born January 24, 1991
Batting style Left-hand bat
Born: 14October,1988
Playing Role :Batsman
Batting Style :Right Handed Batsman
Bowling Style :Right Arm Medium
Full name Nitish Roenick Kumar
Born May 21, 1994, Scarborough, Ontario
Current age 24 years 319 days
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Full name Dillon Heyliger
Born October 21, 1989
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Full name Ruvindu Gunasekera
Born: 20 July, 1991
Batting style Left-hand bat
Full name Hiral Patel
Born August 10, 1991, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Current age 27 years 238 days
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Full name Bhavindu Shakya Adhihetty
Born February 29, 2000, Colombo
Current age 19 years 35 days
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium
Full name Nikhil Dutta
Born October 13, 1994, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Current age 24 years 174 days
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Full name Srimantha Adrian Wijeyeratne
Born June 3, 1989, Colombo
Current age 29 years 306 days
Playing role Wicketkeeper
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Full name Saad Bin Zafar
Born November 10, 1986, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Current age 32 years 146 days
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Full name Cecil Pervez Khan
Born July 22, 1984, Pakistan
Current age 34 years 257 days
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Full name Galkandage Don Romesh Eranga
Born June 16, 1985, Ragama
Current age 33 years 293 days
Major teams Burgher Recreation Club
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast