Canada, who will be playing their first ever ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June have announced an experienced roster.
All-rounder Saad Bin Zafar will lead the experienced Canada side in the USA and the West Indies.
With just four players under the age of thirty, left-arm orthodox spinner Saad provides a wealth of experience to the Canadian squad. Other projected mainstays include left-arm seamer Kaleem Sana and top-order batsman Aaron Johnson.
Tajinder Singh travels as a reserve, as neither Nikhil Dutta nor Srimantha Wijeyeratne had room in the squad.
Canada’s opening T20 World Cup encounter is scheduled for June 1 in Dallas against the United States. Early in April, the teams played a bilateral series that the Americans won.
Pubudu Dassanayake, a former international player for Canada and Sri Lanka, takes charge of the squad as the head coach having joined the Canadians in 2022.
Canada squad: Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva.
Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar.