Moksha Chaudhary (born 17 December 1989) is an Indian-born American

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er who plays for the United States women's national cricket team. Chaudhary was born in

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubarak ...

, India, and was in contention to represent India at the

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. She moved to the United States in 2017, and played in her first US cricket tournament in June 2018. In September 2021, Chaudhary was named in the American

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(WT20I) team for the

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tournament in Mexico. She made her WT20I debut on 18 October 2021, in the opening match of the tournament against

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. The following month, she was also named in America's squad for the

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tournament in Zimbabwe.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Moksha 1989 births Living people Cricketers from Patiala Indian emigrants to the United States American people of Punjabi descent American sportspeople of Indian descent Indian women cricketers American women cricketers United States women Twenty20 International cricketers Punjab, India women cricketers 21st-century American women