Tanveer Sangha (born 26 November 2001) is an Australian cricketer who plays for
Sydney Thunder
The Sydney Thunder are an Australian franchise professional cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Thunder are the successors of the New South Wale ...
in the
Big Bash League
The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash Le ...
(BBL).
He
bowls
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right arm
leg spin
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and
bats
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right-handed. He was
Australia
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’s leading wicket taker at the
2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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, claiming 15 wickets.
Personal life
Tanveer's father, Joga Sangha, hails from
Rahimpur, a village near
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...
in
India
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. Joga moved to
Australia
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in 1997 for education before eventually settling down in the southwestern suburbs of
Sydney
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. Tanveer's father works as a Taxi driver in Sydney, while his mother, Upneet, works as an accountant in Sydney.
Cricket career
He made his
Twenty20
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...
debut on 12 December 2020, for the
Sydney Thunder
The Sydney Thunder are an Australian franchise professional cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Thunder are the successors of the New South Wale ...
, in the
2020–21 Big Bash League.
In January 2021, Sangha was named in Australia's
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) squad for their series
against New Zealand. He made his
first-class debut on 27 October 2021, for
New South Wales
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in the
2021–22 Sheffield Shield season
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. He made his
List A
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debut on 24 November 2021, for New South Wales in the
2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup
The 2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup was the 53rd season of the official List A domestic cricket competition played in Australia. New South Wales were the defending champions.
On 21 July 2021, Cricket Australia confirmed the schedule of the tourname ...
. In August 2022 he was signed by
Birmingham Phoenix
Birmingham Phoenix are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Birmingham. The team represents the historic counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the newly founded The Hundred competition, which began its inaugural se ...
to play in
The Hundred.
References
External links
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Living people
2001 births
Australian cricketers
New South Wales cricketers
Sydney Thunder cricketers
Australian sportspeople of Indian descent
Birmingham Phoenix cricketers
Cricketers from Sydney