Hiral Patel (born 10 August 1991) is an Indian-born international
cricket
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er who plays for
Canada
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. He is a left-handed batsman and
slow left-arm orthodox
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Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left-arm bow ...
bowler.
Career
Patel played his debut first-class match against Afghanistan on 20 February 2010. On his debut matches he scored 55 runs and bowl 13 over took just 1 wicket.
Patel made his
ODI debut against
Kenya
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on 19 August 2009. He also made his
T20I
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debut against Ireland.
Patel was included in Canada's squad for the
2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, for the 2016 World Twenty20, was held from 6 to 26 July 2015. The tournament was hosted by both Ireland and Scotland. 51 matches were played among 14 nations, down from 72 matches among 16 nations previous ...
tournament in July 2015, after
Nikhil Dutta chose to stay with the
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
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in the
Caribbean Premier League
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.
On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the
inaugural edition of the
Global T20 Canada
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tournament.
In April 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the
2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia. In October 2021, he was named in Canada's
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) squad for the
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Canadian cricketers
Canada One Day International cricketers
Canada Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup
Cricketers from Ahmedabad
Indian cricketers
Indian emigrants to Canada