Shreyas Movva

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Shreyas Movva
Personal information
Full name
Shreyas Vasudevareddy Movva
Born (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31)
Chitradurga, Karnataka, India
BattingRight handed
RoleWicketkeeper batter
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  99)8 February 2024 v  Nepal
Last ODI10 February 2024 v  Nepal
T20I debut(cap  59)14 November 2021 v  Panama
Last T20I14 November 2022 v  Bahrain
Source: Cricinfo, 27 November 2022

Shreyas Movva (born 4 September 1993) is an Indian-born Canadian cricketer who plays for Canadian national cricket team since 2021. [1]

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Early life and education

Movva was born in India and moved to Montreal in 2016 to attend Concordia University, where he studied software engineering. He was the first player from Quebec to be selected for Canada in twelve years. [2]

Career

In October 2019, he was named as the vice-captain of Canada's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. [3] He made his List A debut on 8 November 2019, for Canada against the Leeward Islands, in the Regional Super50 tournament. [4]

In October 2021, he was named in Canada's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua. [5] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Canada against Panama in the Regional Finals of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament on 14 November 2021. [6] In February 2022, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman. [7]

In May 2024, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. [8]

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References

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