Tanveer Sangha: Australia announced an 18-member squad for ODI World Cup 2023, and Tanveer Sangha is grabbing eyeballs. The Indian-origin leg-spinner has earned a maiden call-up owing to pitches in India favoring spin or being on the slower side. While the squad will be later trimmed to a 15-member squad, Sangha’s selection ahead of many more experienced tweakers in the Australian team has intrigued fans.
Sangha is born and brought up in Sydney however, the 21-year originally hails from Indian family, who had migrated from Punjab Jalandhar in the 1990s. The leg-spinner’s father Jogi went to Australia seeking education and works as a taxi driver.
Sangha’s mother Upneet is an accountant. Sangha is just the fourth Indian-origin player to get selected for Australia after Stuart Clark, Gurinder Sandhu, and Branby Cooper.
Sangha came to the limelight during Big Bash League (BBL). Playing for Sydney Thunder, the leg spinner took 21 wickets in the 2020-21 season of BBL and backed it up by picking another 16 wickets in the next season. Sangha was also the leading wicket-taker in 2020 Under-19 World Cup picking up 15 wickets in six matches.
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When quizzed by chairman of selectors George Bailey on Sangha’s selection, the former Australia captain said, “Tanveer’s BBL form when he is fit has been excellent, so he’s one that we are really impressed with. The common comment around Tanveer is that he’s very mature on the field and a great thinker about how he goes about it.”
Under ICC regulations, all squads for WC should be finalized before September 28. After finishing the South Africa tour, Australia will play three ODIs in India. It remains to be seen if Tanveer gets selected in the squad. Apart from Tanveer, Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar are the other spinners in Australia’s provisional WC squad.
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