Carl Junior Dala (born 29 December 1989) is a South African cricketer. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.

Domestic career

Dala was included in the

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squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Durban Qalandars' squad for the first season of the

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.. However, in October 2017,

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initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. On 26 April 2018, Dala was called upon to replace the injured fellow South African seamer, Chris Morris for the

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team for the rest of the 2018 IPL season. In June 2018, Dala was named in the squad for the

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team for the 2018–19 season. In October 2018, he was named in

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' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. In March 2019, in the semi-finals of the 2018–19 Momentum One Day Cup, he took career best figures of 6/19 against Cape Cobras, to help Titans progress to the final of the tournament. In August 2019, Dala was named the Momentum One-Day Cup Cricketer of the Season at

's annual award ceremony. In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the

team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. In April 2021, he was named in Northerns' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.

International career

In February 2018, Dala was named in South Africa's

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(T20I) squad for their series against India. He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India on 18 February 2018. In June 2018, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Sri Lanka on 8 August 2018.

References

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