Hiral Patel

Hiral Patel (born 10 August 1991) is an Indian-born international cricketer who plays for Canada. He is a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.^[1]

Hira Patel

Personal information
Full name	Hiral Patel
Born	(1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 33) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Canada (2009–2013)
ODI debut (cap 66)	19 August 2009 v Kenya
Last ODI	29 August 2013 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 25)	3 February 2010 v Ireland
Last T20I	11 November 2021 v Bermuda
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 23 11 8 28 Runs scored 468 220 93 572 Batting average 21.27 22.00 20.26 21.18 100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/3 Top score 62 88* 93 62 Balls bowled 409 59 348 571 Wickets 10 2 7 12 Bowling average 35.30 41.50 33.71 21.18 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/28 2/23 4/41 4/28 Catches/stumpings 7/– 3/– 4/– 9/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 November 2021

Career

Patel played his debut first-class match against Afghanistan on 20 February 2010. On debut, he scored 55 runs and bowled 13 overs for 1 wicket.^[2]

Patel made his ODI debut against Kenya on 19 August 2009. He made his T20I debut against Ireland.^[3]

Patel was included in Canada's squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in July 2015, after Nikhil Dutta chose to stay with the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League.^[4]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.^[5][6] In April 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.^[7] In October 2021, he was named in Canada's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.^[8]

References

1. "Hiral Patel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
2. Afghanistan v Canada at Sharjah, 20-23 February 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPNcricinfo
3. 3rd Match: Canada v Ireland at Colombo (SSC), 3 February 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPNcricinfo
4. "Canada pick Hiral Patel after Dutta opts for CPL". ESPNcricinfo. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
5. "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
6. "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
7. "Cricket Canada announces the Senior National Squad for the ICC WCL Division 2, Namibia". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
8. "Canada's national squad for ICC 2022 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

External links

• Hiral Patel at ESPNcricinfo