Kinchit Shah

Kinchit Devang Shah (born 9 December 1995) is an Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman, right-arm off break bowler and occasional wicket-keeper.

Kinchit Shah

Personal information
Full name	Kinchit Devang Shah
Born	(1995-12-09) 9 December 1995 (age 30) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman
Relations	Ninad Shah (brother)
International information
National side	Hong Kong (2014–2023)
ODI debut (cap 30)	8 November 2014 v Papua New Guinea
Last ODI	18 September 2018 v India
T20I debut (cap 15)	24 November 2014 v Nepal
Last T20I	13 November 2025 v Qatar
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 10 49 1 37 Runs scored 136 706 66 1,058 Batting average 13.28 19.08 33.00 32.06 100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/1 3/5 Top score 34* 79 62 139 Balls bowled 56 396 – 884 Wickets 4 12 – 37 Bowling average 10.00 41.25 – 18.59 5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 – 0 Best bowling 4/10 2/9 – 4/10 Catches/stumpings 1/– 16/– 0/– 9/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 July 2025

Career

Shah made his T20 cricket debut against the Canada cricket team on 15 March 2012.^[1] He made his One Day International debut for Hong Kong on 8 November 2014 against Papua New Guinea in Australia.^[2] He made his Twenty20 International debut on 24 November 2014 against Nepal in Sri Lanka.^[3]

In August 2018, Shah was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.^[4] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.^[5]

Shah was a member of Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.^[6] In Hong Kong's opening match of the tournament, against Canada, Shah took a hat-trick.^[7] He was the leading wicket-taker for Hong Kong in the tournament, with eleven dismissals in six matches.^[8]

In September 2019, Shah was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[9] He was the leading run-scorer for Hong Kong in the tournament, with 223 runs in seven matches.^[10] In November 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.^[11] Later the same month, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.^[12] In the third match of the tournament, against Bermuda, he scored his first century in List A cricket.^[13]

In May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.^[14]

On August 31, 2022, during 2022 Asia Cup vs. India, in which he was also a vice-captain, he proposed to his girlfriend.^[15]