Sushant Jayachandra Modani (born 5 January 1989) is an Indian-born American

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

er who plays for the

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. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft. In August 2021, Modani was named in the United States'

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(ODI) squad for the rescheduled tri-series in Oman and their matches against Papua New Guinea. He made his ODI debut on 6 September 2021, for the United States against

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. He made his T20I debut on 22 December 2021, for the United States against

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* 1989 births Living people People from Jalna, Maharashtra American cricketers Indian cricketers United States One Day International cricketers United States Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Maharashtra Indian emigrants to the United States American sportspeople of Indian descent {{US-cricket-bio-stub