The United States announced its 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup earlier this month. The presence of most of the American players of Indian origin in this team remains a topic of discussion. Even team captain Monank Patel, who will again this year share the leadership duties with vice-captain Aaron Jones, has his early roots from Gujarat.
The 2024 cricket season will begin in June when the ICC Men's T20 World Cup begins, with the first match being played between the US and Canada in Texas on June 1. The games will be co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States and will conclude on June 29, making it the first ICC World Cup tournament to have its matches begin in the Americas. Practice matches will be played in the USA and Trinidad and Tobago from May 27 to June 1 before the main games begin in June.
Monank Patel (Captain), Aaron Jones (Vc), Andries Gaus, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jesse Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Netrawalkar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir.
Reserve players: Juanoy Drysdale, Gajanand Singh and Yasir Mohammed
Born in the Indian state of Gujarat in May 1993, the now American captain has played for Gujarat at the under-16 and under-19 level. During a conversation in 2022, he had told PTI that cricket is his full-time career. Among many players on the team who have Indian immigrant roots, Patel became one of the first to join the vast Gujarati population in the US in 2016, when he moved permanently to New Jersey. He got his green card several years ago in 2010.
The 2024 streak won't be the first challenge for him moving forward as team captain. He took the reins for the first time in 2021 as the new captain of the international format for the T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier to be held in Antigua from November 7-14, 2021. Patel shared his captaincy role with vice-captain Aaron Jones. , The same leadership hierarchy has been maintained for this year's Team USA team.
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