Kinchit Shah
Personal information
Full name
Kinchit Devang Shah
Born (1995-12-09) 9 December 1995 (age 28)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
RelationsNinad Shah (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 30)8 November 2014 v Papua New Guinea
Last ODI18 September 2018 v India
T20I debut (cap 15)24 November 2014 v Nepal
Last T20I12 March 2023 v Malaysia
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 10 45 1 37
Runs scored 136 669 66 1,058
Batting average 13.28 20.27 33.00 32.06
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/1 3/5
Top score 34* 79 62 139
Balls bowled 56 378 – 884
Wickets 4 11 – 37
Bowling average 10.00 43.81 – 18.59
5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 – 0
Best bowling 4/10 2/9 – 4/10
Catches/stumpings 1/– 15/– 0/– 9/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 March 2023

Kinchit Devang Shah (born 9 December 1995) is an Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He is also an occasional wicket-keeper.

Career

Shah made his T20 cricket debut against the Canada cricket team on 15 March 2012.[1] He made his One Day International debut for Hong Kong on 8 November 2014 against Papua New Guinea in Australia.[2] He made his Twenty20 International debut on 24 November 2014 against Nepal in Sri Lanka.[3]

In August 2018, Shah was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[4] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[5]

Shah was a member of Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[6] In Hong Kong's opening match of the tournament, against Canada, Shah took a hat-trick.[7] He was the leading wicket-taker for Hong Kong in the tournament, with eleven dismissals in six matches.[8]

In September 2019, Shah was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[9] He was the leading run-scorer for Hong Kong in the tournament, with 223 runs in seven matches.[10] In November 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[11] Later the same month, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[12] In the third match of the tournament, against Bermuda, he scored his first century in List A cricket.[13]

In May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.[14]

References

  1. ^ "17th Match, Group A: Canada v Hong Kong at Dubai (CA), Mar 15, 2012. Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong v Nepal T20I Series - 4th T20I". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong Squad for the ACC Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018 － 27th August - 8th September 2018". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Anshuman Rath to lead Hong Kong into the 2018 Unimoni Asia Cup". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Hosts Namibia start with victory in ICC World Cricket League Division 2". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  8. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Two, 2019 - Hong Kong: List A matches, Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Men's ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers squad announcement". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  10. ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019/20 - Hong Kong: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Hong Kong ACC Emerging Teams Tournament Men's Squad Announcement". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Hong Kong ICC Challenge League 'B' Squad Announcement". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Bermuda vs Hong Kong, Challenge League Group B, 3rd Match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Hong Kong men's squad for ICC Challenge League B round 2 in Uganda announced!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

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