Chirag Suri (born 18 February 1995) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.[1][2] In January 2021, Suri was named as the vice-captain of the United Arab Emirates cricket team.[3]
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| Full name | Chirag Suri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 (age 27) New Delhi, Delhi, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break, Right-arm Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National side |
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| ODI debut (cap 75) | 6 March 2018 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 August 2022 v Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 42) | 22 October 2018 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 18 October 2022 v Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Gujarat Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Toronto Nationals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suri was born in New Delhi, India.[4] He moved to the UAE with his family in 2004.[5] He attended Repton School Dubai.[6] As of 2013 he was studying business management at Heriot-Watt University Dubai.[7]
Suri represented the United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team at the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[8][9]>[10][11] He made his first-class debut for the UAE senior team against Namibia in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 16 September 2017.[12]
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the United Arab Emirates against the West Indies in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier on 6 March 2018.[13] In August 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[14] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the UAE in a one-off match against Australia on 22 October 2018.[15]
In September 2019, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the UAE.[16] In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers to be awarded with a year-long full-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board.[17]
In February 2022, in the first match against Oman, Suri scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 115 runs.[18]
Suri was one of the six cricketers from ICC associate member countries in the 2017 Indian Premier League auction.[19]In February 2017, He was bought by the Gujarat Lions team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 10 lakhs (US$10,000).[20]
In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[21]
As a UAE player, Suri also participates in the T10 League.[22]