All-rounder Rizwan Cheema will lead Canada at the Pepsi ICC Americas Division 1 T20 tournament in Indianapolis from May 3 -10, 2015. Hamza Tariq will be his deputy.
Along with Canada the tournament will feature Bermuda, Suriname and USA. The top two teams will advance to the 2015 ICC World T20 Qualifier to be held in Ireland and Scotland from July 3 – 26, 2015.
Prior to the Indianapolis tournament, the team will travel to Houston, Texas for training and also to play three T20 matches against an invitational XI which will include international players.
Some players who were considered for selection to the Canada squad were unavailable due to work commitments.
Canada squad
1. Rizwan Cheema – captain
2. Hamza Tariq – vice captain
3. Amarbir Hansra
4. Cecil Pervez
5. Farhan Malik
6. Junaid Siddiqui
7. Khurram Chohan
8. Navneet Dhaliwal
9. Nikhil Dutta
10. Nitish Kumar
11. Ruvindu Gunasekera
12. Saad Bin Zafar
13. Satsimranjit Dhindsa
14. Srimantha Wijeyeratne
Mukesh Narula – Head Coach
Manzoor Chaudhary – Manager
Heath Spence – Physiotherapist
Story courtesy of http://www.gocricketgocanada.com
