Monank Patel (born May 1, 1993) is an American cricketer and the captain of the United States national cricket team.[1] He has played for the United States since 2018 as a right-handed top-order batsman and wicket-keeper.
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Born | (1993-05-01) May 1, 1993 (age 29) Anand, Gujarat, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicketkeeper batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 21) | 27 April 2019 v PNG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 17 September 2022 v Namibia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 7) | 15 March 2019 v UAE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 15 July 2022 v Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 September 2022 |
Patel was born on May 1, 1993, in Anand, Gujarat, India. He played for Gujarat at under-16 and under-18 level.[1] Patel received a green card in 2010 and moved to the United States permanently in 2016, settling in New Jersey.[2]
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.[3] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 208 runs in six matches.[4]
In October 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[5] He made his List A debut for the United States against Combined Campuses and Colleges on October 6, 2018.[6] On October 22, in the match against Jamaica, Patel scored the first century by an American batsman in the tournament.[7] He finished as the leading run-scorer for the United States in the competition, with 290 runs in seven matches.[8]
Later the same month he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[9] Ahead of the tournament, he was named as the player to watch in the United States' squad.[10] In the United States' opening match of the tournament, against Uganda, he scored 107 runs.[11][12]
In February 2019, he was named in the United States' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the United Arab Emirates.[13][14] The matches were the first T20I fixtures to be played by the United States cricket team.[15] He made his T20I debut for the United States against the United Arab Emirates on 15 March 2019.[16]
In April 2019, he was named in the United States cricket team's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[17] The United States finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.[18] Patel made his ODI debut for the United States on 27 April 2019, against Papua New Guinea, in the tournament's third-place playoff.[19]
In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda.[20] The following month, he was one of five players to sign a 12-month central contract with USA Cricket.[21] In August 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.[22]
In November 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[23] He was the leading run-scorer for the United States in the tournament, with 230 runs in eight matches.[24] In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.[25]
In August 2021, Patel was named in the United States' squad for the 2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series.[26] In the opening match of the series, Patel scored his first century in ODI cricket.[27]
In October 2021, he was named as the captain of the American squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.[28]