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

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and Randwick Petersham in NSW Premier Grade Cricket. Sanga was born in Sydney and grew up in Newcastle, then at the age of 17 moved to Sydney to play grade cricket for

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. He made his

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debut for

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against South Australia on 15 October 2016. He made his first-class debut for Cricket Australia XI against

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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

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. 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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1999 births Living people Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Cricketers from Sydney Cricket Australia XI cricketers Sydney Thunder cricketers Australian sportspeople of Indian descent Australian people of Punjabi descent {{Australia-cricket-bio-1990s-stub