Nosthush Kenjige

Nosthush Kenjige
Personal information
Full name Nosthusha Pradeep Kenjige
Born (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991
Auburn, Alabama, United States
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition LA
Matches 6
Runs scored 21
Batting average 10.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 10*
Balls bowled 252
Wickets 6
Bowling average 38.33
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match n/a
Best bowling 4/38
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 16 February 2018

Nosthush Pradeep Kenjige (born March 2, 1991) is an Indian-American cricketer who made his debut for the U.S. national side in May 2017 in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Uganda.[1] He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox bowler.

Kenjige was born in Auburn, Alabama, where his father worked as an agricultural research at Tuskegee University. He and his family moved back to India before he turned one, to Chikmagalur, outside Bengaluru, where his father runs a coffee farm. Kenjige played university cricket in Bengaluru. He moved back to the U.S. in 2015, first to Virginia and then to New York, where he found worked as a biological technician.[2]

In January 2018, he was named in the United States squad for the 2017–18 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[3] He made his List A debut for the United States against the Leeward Islands in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 31 January 2018.[4]

In August 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament in Morrisville, North Carolina.[5] He was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with twelve dismissals in six matches.[6]

In October 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Nosthush Kenjige". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content/story/1098989.html
  3. ↑ "Two former India U-19s, ex-WI batsman Marshall named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Group B (D/N), Regional Super50 at Coolidge, Jan 31 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Team USA Squad Selected for ICC World T20 Americas' Qualifier". USA Cricket. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  6. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Americas Sub Regional Qualifier A, 2018: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Khaleel sacked, Netravalkar named captain for USA's Super50 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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