Rising Star Kanwarpal Tathgur Gets Big Break, Named in Canada's T20 WC Squad

Canada includes a uncapped hitter Kanwarpal Tathgur in their 15-member team for 2024 T20 World Cup. Tathguru, with his short List A games, is one of the 6 fresh faces from the side that has been played the America in the five-match T20I series last month.

The others are all-rounder Junaid Siddiqui, 39, who last participated in a Twenty20 International in February 2022; left-arm quick Kaleem Sana; batter Ravinderpal Singh, 35, who last played in a Twenty20 International in 2022; and batting all-rounder Rayyan Pathan. Jeremy Gordon is a Guyana-born seamer who made his debut for Canada in 2012. Only three players on the team are younger than thirty: Dilpreet Bajwa, Nicholas Kirton, and Harsh Thaker.

However, apart from Srimantha Wijeyeratne, Uday Bhagwan, Nikhil Dutta and Yuvraj Samra, all other eleven players were part of starting eleven in the match against American side.

This is the initial participation of Canada in the T20 World Cup which is held for the first time. For their debut match, they will face USA in the tournament opener in Dallas. India, Pakistan and Ireland make up the rest of their particular group.

Canada's squad for T20 World Cup 2024:

Saad Bin Zafar (caption), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur (wk), Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan and Shreyas Movva (wk).

Reserves Players:

Tajinder Singh, Aditya Vardharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jaytinder Matharu, and Parveen Kumar.