Shreyas Vasudevareddy Movva (born 4 September 1993) is a Canadian

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er. In October 2019, he was named as the vice-captain of

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's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. He made his

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debut on 8 November 2019, for Canada against the

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, in the Regional Super50 tournament. In October 2021, he was named in Canada's

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(T20I) squad for the

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tournament in Antigua. He made his

(T20I) debut for Canada against

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in the

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of the

tournament on 14 November 2021. In February 2022, he was named in Canada's squad for the

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tournament in Oman.

Personal life

Movva is a software engineer by profession. He was born in

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and moved to

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in 2016 to attend

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. He was the first player from

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to be selected for Canada in twelve years.

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* 1993 births Living people Canadian cricketers Canada Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Indian emigrants to Canada Canadian software engineers Cricketers from Quebec {{Canada-cricket-bio-stub