Adhitya Shetty (born 5 July 2004) is a
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who plays for the
United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He is a right-arm
leg spin bowler.
Shetty won a scholarship to attend the
ICC Academy
The ICC Academy (ICCA) is a cricket academy located in Dubai Sports City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that is managed and administered by the International Cricket Council. It was opened in 2009 under Rod Marsh, who was appointed as Director.
...
in 2017.
In January 2021, aged 16, he was named in the UAE senior squad for
an ODI series against Ireland. He was expected to make his international debut during the series, which would have made him the youngest ODI player in UAE history, but two matches were cancelled following an outbreak of
COVID-19.
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Shetty represented the United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team at the ]2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies in January and February 2022 with sixteen teams taking part. It was the fourteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket Worl ...
in the West Indies. He was named man of the match against Uganda after taking 4/29 and hitting the winning runs from tenth in the batting order.
International career
In May 2023, Shetty was named in the UAE national squad for an ODI series against the West Indies. He made his One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
(ODI) debut for the UAE against the West Indies on 6 June 2023.
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2004 births
Living people
Emirati cricketers
United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers
Indian emigrants to the United Arab Emirates
Cricketers from Kolkata
Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates