Cricket career
At the age of 16,Tanveer represented India in the final against Pakistan in the Thunder Nation Cup playing with boys well above his age group. Tanveer returned figures of 2-13 in his four overs at Spotless Stadium and was named Player of the Match.
In April 2018 as a 16 year old,Tanveer played in Australia's Under-16 team against Pakistan's Under-16 team at Melbourne's Junction Oval.
In 2018,he represented New South Wales Metro in the U17 National Championships held in Queensland where he was their leading wicket taker. He also performed strongly for the Cricket Australia XI in the U19 National Championships in Adelaide which resulted in him being selected for the Australian U19 tour of Sri Lanka in January 2019.
In 2019,Tanveer was also the recipient of the NSW Cricket Basil Sellers Scholarship.
Tanveer earned himself a spot as the Sydney Thunder Development Rookie for BBL08 in 2018 and was then promoted the next year to their primary list for BBL09 in 2019. He also played in NSW Metro's winning team in the U19 National Championships.
Tanveer was selected to represent the Australian under-19 team against New Zealand in Brisbane where he took 6 wickets in the two matches.
He then represented Australia in the 2020 U19 World Cup in South Africa,dominating with the ball taking 15 wickets in 6 matches at an average of just 11.46. This included two 4 wicket hauls and a 5 wicket haul. A State contract with NSW followed at the age of just 18.
Tanveer made his debut for the Sydney Thunder in Big Bash League season 2020-2021 (BBL10) on 12 December 2020 against the Melbourne Stars,securing 2 wickets for 26 runs. He finished the third highest wicket taker in the competition with 21 wickets at 16.66 and an impressive economy of 8.04 runs per over - the highest tally for any spin bowler in the competition.
In January 2021,Sangha was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand at the age of just 19. [10] He made his first-class debut on 27 October 2021,for New South Wales in the 2021–22 Sheffield Shield season. [11] He made his List A debut on 24 November 2021,for New South Wales in the 2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup. [12] In August 2022 he was signed by Birmingham Phoenix to play in The Hundred. [13]
On 30 August 2023,he made his T20I debut against South Africa at Kingsmead. [14] He became Australia's 106th men's T20I cricketer. His 4/31 in four overs saw him get the best return by an Australian cricketer on T20I debut in nearly two decades,only bettered by Michael Kasprowicz's 4/29 in 2005.
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