Jay Odedra (born 5 November 1989) is an Indian-born

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er who plays for the Oman national cricket team. In January 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the

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tournament. He made his

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debut for Oman on 8 February 2018. In August 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the

2018 Asia Cup Qualifier The 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was held in Malaysia from 29 August to 6 September 2018. The event served as the qualifier for the 2018 Asia Cup. The top two teams from the group stage met in the final, with the winner ...

tournament. In October 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the

2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was an international cricket tournament that took place in Oman between 9 and 19 November 2018. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualif ...

tournament. In December 2018, he was named in Oman's team for the

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. In February 2019, he was named in Oman's

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(T20I) squad for the

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in Oman. He made his T20I debut against

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on 13 February 2019. In March 2019, he was named in Oman's team for the

2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two The 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two was an international cricket tournament that took place in April 2019 in Namibia. It was contested between six teams; Canada, Hong Kong, Oman, Papua New Guinea, the United States and tournament hos ...

tournament in Namibia. In July 2019, he was named in Oman's

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(ODI) squad for the

2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series The 2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series was the first round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in Scotland in August 2019. It was a tri-nation series between Oman, Papua New Guinea and the Scotland cr ...

. He made his ODI debut against

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, on 14 August 2019. In September 2019, he was named in Oman's squad for the

2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine which teams would qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The six teams finishing ...

tournament. In November 2019, he was named in Oman's squad for the

2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup The 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the fourth edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Bangladesh between 14 and 23 November 2019. Eight teams participated in the tournament, including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations ...

in Bangladesh.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Odedra, Jayesh 1989 births Living people Omani cricketers Oman One Day International cricketers Oman Twenty20 International cricketers Indian emigrants to Oman Indian expatriates in Oman People from Porbandar Cricketers from Gujarat