Dhruv Maisuria

Dhruv Maisuria (born 6 August 1998) is an Indian-born Botswana cricketer. He has played for the Botswana national cricket team since 2015 as a right-arm leg spin bowler.^[1]

Dhruv Maisuria

Personal information
Full name	Dhruvkumar Maisuria
Born	(1998-08-06) 6 August 1998 (age 26) India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm legbreak, googly
International information
National side	Botswana
T20I debut (cap 12)	21 May 2019 v Nigeria
Last T20I	19 December 2023 v Malawi
Career statistics
Competition T20I T20 Matches 37 37 Runs scored 80 80 Batting average 6.66 6.66 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 32* 32* Balls bowled 756 756 Wickets 71 71 Bowling average 9.46 9.46 5 wickets in innings 2 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 5/18 5/18 Catches/stumpings 12/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 February 2024

In February 2015, Maisuria was named in Botswana's squad for the 2015 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One, part of the qualification process for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[2] He was subsequently named in Botswana's senior squad for the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament in England,^[3] playing in one match.^[4]

In May 2019, he was named in Botswana's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.^[5][6] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Botswana against Nigeria on 21 May 2019.^[7] In October 2021, he was named in Botswana's squad for their matches in Group B of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.^[8]

Maisuria was voted bowler of the tournament at the 2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup.^[9] In May 2023, in the 2023 Southern Africa Cup, he surpassed Sri Lankan bowler Ajantha Mendis's record for the fastest bowler to reach 50 wickets in Twenty20 Internationals, reaching the mark from 22 matches.^[10]

References

1. "Dhruv Maisuria". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
2. "U-19 cricket teams seek World Cup berth". Botswana Daily News. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
3. (24 August 2015). "Squads and fixture schedule announced for ICC WCL Division 6" Archived 9 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – ICC. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
4. "Records, ICC World Cricket League Division Six, 2015 - Botswana: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
5. "Cricket team in Uganda for World Cup qualifiers". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
6. "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
7. "8th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
8. "Botswana Cricket Association are proud to announce the traveling squad to take part in the ICC Men's T20 world cup Africa Sub regional qualifiers in Rwanda, Kigali". Botswana Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
9. "Botswana's Maisuria aiming for a quicker spin in cricket". Fantastic Moments. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
10. "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Bowling records | Fastest to 50 Wickets | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

External links

• Dhruv Maisuria at ESPNcricinfo