India’s Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand’s hopes of representing the United States of America (USA) in the T20 World Cup have suffered a huge blow after he was left out of the squad for the T20I series against Canada, which starts on April 7. , who retired from Indian cricket in 2021, had qualified to represent the US earlier this year. However, Unmukt did not find a place in the 15-man US roster for the five-match series against neighboring Canada.
Earlier this year, Unmukt had expressed excitement at the idea of playing a similar India. He said he would like to test himself against his native country.
“Something that would be very strange (laughs), but I think since I retired from India, my next goal was always to kind of play against India, and not in bad blood, but wanting to be myself testing against the best team in the world,” Chand told Cricbuzz.
When he returned to the US squad, Chand was left out despite scoring 1,500 runs in 45 Major League Cricket (MLC) matches. He is the second all-time leading points scorer in the history of the tournament.
Meanwhile, Monank Patel will lead the US against Canada, with the first match in Houston, Texas on April 7.
Corey Anderson, a former New Zealand all-rounder, will also mark his return to international cricket after six years.
The 33-year-old played 13 Tests, 49 ODIs and 31 T20Is for New Zealand from 2012 to 2018 and once held the record for the fastest hundred in ODIs.
USA Cricket announces its 15-man squad for the T20I series against Canada
The five-match series begins April 7 in Houston, Texas.#WeAreUSACricket pic.twitter.com/DVy3m2rxYY
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USA Squad for Canada T20I series
Monank Patel (Captain), Aaron Jones (Vice-Captain), Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Gajanand Singh, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor , Usman Rafiq
Reserves: Shayan Jahangir, Juanoy Drysdale, Saiteja Mukkamalla
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