Tanveer Sangha: Indian-origin leg-spinner in Australia provisional World Cup squad | Cricket News – Act Daily News

NEW DELHI: Indian-origin uncapped leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha has been named in Australia’s 18-member squad for the ODI World Cup to be held in India later this yr. The squad would later be trimmed to fifteen, Cricket Australia mentioned in an announcement on Monday.

Born and introduced up in Sydney, thriller wrist spinner Sangha hails from an Indian household that migrated from Punjab’s Jalandhar within the Nineties.

His father, Joga, who initially went Down Under for schooling, works as a taxi driver. His mom Upneet is an accountant. Sangha is the fourth Indian-origin participant to be chosen for Australia after Gurinder Sandhu, Stuart Clark and Bransby Cooper.

Sangha, 21, has largely lower his enamel in T20 cricket for Sydney Thunder and has performed simply 5 List A video games.
In the 2020-2021 Big Bash League, Sangha scalped 21 wickets. The subsequent season he picked up 16 wickets. He missed most of final yr with a stress fracture of the again.
Sangha was one among 2020 Under-19 World Cup’s main wicket-takers with 15 scalps in six video games with two four-wicket hauls and a five-wicket haul.

Under ICC laws, squads should be finalised previous to September 28, with Australia’s first sport at this yr’s World Cup coming in opposition to hosts India in Chennai on October 8.
Captain Pat Cummins will probably be racing in opposition to the clock to be match for that opening contest, after it was revealed the quick bowler picked up a fractured wrist through the latest Ashes collection in opposition to England.
Cummins has been suggested to let the injured space relaxation for six weeks and the right-armer is hoping to return to taking part in previous to the graduation of the World Cup.
Australia will put together for the World Cup with a five-match collection in opposition to South Africa subsequent month and the likes of Tanveer will probably be given the possibility to impress throughout these matches. In Cummins’ absence, Mitchell Marsh will lead Australia within the T20 collection in South Africa.
While Tanveer has been part of earlier T20I excursions for Australia, he’s but to win a debut and could possibly be one other spin possibility alongside Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa on the spin-friendly Indian pitches sides are anticipated to come across.
Australia ODI squad: Pat Cummins (captain), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa