Navneet Dhaliwal
Personal information
Born (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 (age 35)
Chandigarh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 98)8 February 2024 v Nepal
Last ODI10 February 2024 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 42)18 August 2019 v Cayman Islands
Last T20I24 February 2022 v Bahrain
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 February 2022

Navneet Dhaliwal (born 10 October 1988) is an Indian-born Canadian cricketer who was the former captain of the Canada national cricket team.[1][2]

Career

He made his List A cricket debut in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament for Canada against the Netherlands on 17 January 2015.[3]

In January 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[4] In September 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Canada in the tournament, with 83 runs in six matches.[6]

In October 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[7] He was the leading run-scorer for Canada in the tournament, with 271 runs in six matches.[8] In April 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[9] He was the leading run-scorer for Canada in the tournament, with 219 runs in five matches.[10]

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[11]

In August 2019, he was named as the captain of Canada's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.[12] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Canada against the Cayman Islands on 18 August 2019.[13] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer, with 190 runs in six matches.[14][15]

In September 2019, he was named as the captain of Canada's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.[16] On 19 September 2019, in the match against Malaysia, he scored 140 runs from 94 balls, as Canada made 408/7 from their 50 overs.[17] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Canada, with 250 runs in three matches.[18] In October 2019, he was named as the captain of Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[19][20] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the key player in Canada's squad.[21]

In October 2021, he was named as the captain of Canada's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.[22] In February 2022, he was again named as captain of the national side for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Navneet Dhaliwal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Captains share their thoughts ahead of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Two, Canada v Netherlands at Windhoek, Jan 17, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Canadian squad for World Cricket League Division 2 tournament". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Canadian National Cricket Squad for ICC Americas World T20 SRQ & Schedule". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. ^ "ICC World Twenty20 Americas Sub Regional Qualifier A, 2018 - Canada: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Cricket Canada announces squad for Super 50 Cup". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Super50 Cup, 2018/19 - Canada: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Cricket Canada announces the Senior National Squad for the ICC WCL Division 2, Namibia". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  10. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Two, 2019 - Canada: List A matches, Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Squad selected for the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier - Americas Final 2019, Bermuda". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  13. ^ "2nd Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Final at Sandys Parish, Aug 18 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  14. ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Final, 2019: Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Bermuda and Canada through to global qualifier". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Canada squad for the ICC CWC Challenge League A, Malaysia". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Canada win big over Malaysia". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  18. ^ "CWC Challenge League Group A, 2019-2021/22 - Canada: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Canadian squad for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  20. ^ "Captains speak of their chances in ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  21. ^ "Team preview: Canada". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Canada's national squad for ICC 2022 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  23. ^ "Canada's ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, Oman 2022 squad announced!". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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Canada T20I cricket captains
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