The debutant Canada named their 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024 to be played in the West Indies and the United States of America.
Canada will be led by all-rounder Saad Bin Zafar. They have a good quality of experience and youth that can trouble the big teams on their day. The batting unit comprises Ravinderpal Singh, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicolas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Harsh Thaker, and other good-quality batters.
Aaron Johnson, Dillon Heyliger, Jermey Gordon, and Kaleem Sena would be the pace bowling options for Canada. Saad Bin Zafar is an all-rounder who can work with both bat and ball. He is a genuine left-arm pace spin bowler.
Canada included reserves including Tajinder Singh, Aditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Mathuru, and Parveen Kumar for the mega event.
Canada qualification and schedule for T20 WC 2024
Canada progressed into the T20 World Cup 2024 by finishing at the top spot of the Americas qualifiers played from 30th- 7th October 2023 in Bermuda.
The debutants have been clubbed with co-hosts USA, Pakistan, Ireland, and India in Group A. They would begin the journey against the USA in the opening match of T20 World Cup 2024 played at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, Texas on 2nd June.
After this, they will face Ireland in their second match to be played in New York on 7th June. Canada would take on Pakistan on 11th June in New York.
They would finish their last group match against India on 15th June at Lauderhill. It will be a tough challenge for Canada to finish in the top two against strong teams like Pakistan, Ireland, and India.
This would first ICC tournament for Canada since the 2011 World Cup played in India and Sri Lanka.
Canada Squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Dillon Heyliger, Aaron Johnson, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jermey Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sena, Saad Bin Zafar (C), Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicolas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Mova.
Travelling Reserves- Tajinder Singh, Aditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar.
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