Kanwardeep Keenu Gill (born 8 July 1990) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

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er. She is an all-rounder, has captained the side, and has played domestic cricket for

Kowloon Cricket Club The Kowloon Cricket Club, also called KCC (), is a members only cricket club and social club situated in Kowloon, Hong Kong, on Cox's Road. History The Cricket Club was established on 4 October 1904 and was provided land from the government i ...

Maidens.

Career

Gill played in Hong Kong's first match, against

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. During the 2007

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30-over tournament in

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, Gill top scored with 10 from 41 balls in a match against

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

; Hong Kong scored only 31 runs, and lost by 7 wickets. In October 2007, Gill was named

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of the Hong Kong team at the age of 17. In a 2008

Under-19s Women's Championship match, Gill took 5 wickets for 3 runs in 4.3 overs in a match against the

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; the UAE were bowled out for 60, and Gill then scored 28 runs from 22 balls. She won a

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award in a 2009 match against

despite being on the losing team; Gill took 2/18 and scored 75 runs in the match. In the 2010/11 season, Gill scored 201 * in an innings; as of 2016, only 4 women have scored a

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in matches in Hong Kong. In 2012, Gill and

Connie Wong Ar-yan Connie Wong (born 3 April 1977) is a Hong Kong women's cricketer. She has captained the side, and has played domestic cricket for Western Fury in the Women's National Cricket League. Career Wong made her debut for Hong Kong in a 2007/08 series ...

withdrew from the Hong Kong squad for the 2012 Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup in protest of new eligibility rules that made

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ineligible to play for Hong Kong. Both players were subsequently banned from playing for a year. As a result of her suspension, Gill missed the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

qualifying tournament, during which Hong Kong qualified for the main tournament. Gill played for Hong Kong in the Games' main tournament; in the first group match against

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she scored 45*, and in the second group match she top scored with 33. In the quarter-final match against

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, Gill again top scored with 16, as Hong Kong scored just 67. She had previously also played for Hong Kong at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

. In 2015/16, she played for

Maidens; in a

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match against DIASQUA Little Sai Wan Cricket Club Wasps (DLSW Wasps), Gill scored 40 runs in a match winning opening partnership of 77 with Sidra Nasreen.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Keenu Living people 1990 births Hong Kong women cricketers Hong Kong people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong