Here is all you need to know about Navneet Dhaliwal, Canadian cricketer along with his age, career, biography and more
Canada’s opener Navneet Dhaliwal scored the first fifty runs of the Twenty20 World Cup 2024 in Sunday’s opening game against the United States of America (USA) at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
It was all due to his three sixes and four fours which led let Dhaliwal reach his half century in thirty-six balls. He punched Saurabh Netravalkar’s delivery towards the off side on the fifth ball, earning his first four of the innings.
Who is Canada cricketer Navneet Dhaliwal, biography, age, birth place hometown and career stats
Now that he has made name for himself in the World Cup, here is all you need to know about the cricket player.
Who is Navneet Dhaliwal?
Navneet Dhaliwal is a Canadian cricket player who was born on October 10, 1988 in Chandigarh, India.
A look at Navneet Dhaliwal’s career
Navneet Dhaliwal is a former Canadian international. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium bowler.
He made his List A debut for Canada against the Netherlands in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two. In January of 2018, he was called up to for Canada for the ICC World Cricket League Division Two competition.
For the first time in Cricket World Cup history, the maximum number of Sikhs are in the Playing XIs! Harmeet Singh and Jasdeep Singh represent the USA Playing XI, while Canada features Dilpreet Singh, Pargat Singh, and Navneet Dhaliwal in their Playing XI. A proud moment for… pic.twitter.com/LYsxbdPYpZ
— Harjinder Singh Kukreja (@SinghLions) June 2, 2024
Dhaliwal was the top run scorer for his side in the tournament where he scored 83 runs out of six matches.
In October 2018, he was a member of the Canadian squad that competed in the West Indies in the 2018–19 Regional Super50. Here also he was the leading run scorer with 271 runs in six matches.
He was named on Canada’s roster for the Division Two 2019 ICC World Cricket League competition in Namibia in April of that year. In June of that year, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada competition.
He has led Canada as a captain for many tournaments, most recently at the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.
Since his T20I debut in 2019, the Indian-born player has appeared in thirty games for Canada. He has amassed 870 runs at a strike rate of little over 131 and an average of over 36 in 29 innings.