Jason Jaskirat Singh Sangha (born 8 September 1999) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm

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bowler. He represents New South Wales and Randwick Petersham in NSW Premier Grade Cricket.

Early life and family

Sanga was born in

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, Australia to parents of Indian descent. He grew up in Newcastle, then at the age of 17 moved to Sydney to play grade cricket for

Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, also known as the Randy Petes, competes in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition in Grades 1 to 5, Poidevin Gray (under-21) and AW Green Shield (under-16). It also fields two sides in the Sydney Metropolitan compe ...

Career

Sangha made his debut for Australia under-19 team debut against Pakistan under-19 team in January 2016. Later, he made his

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debut for Cricket Australia XI against South Australia on 15 October 2016. He made his first-class debut for Cricket Australia XI against England on 8 November 2017 in a tour game prior to the

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. He scored his maiden first-class century in the second tour match, becoming the second-youngest player to score a first-class century against England, second to only Sachin Tendulkar. In December 2017, he was named as the

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of Australia's squad for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer for Australia in the tournament, with 229 runs. In December 2022, he was named as the captain of the Sydney Thunder, replacing Usman Khawaja.

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