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The 15th edition of the historic Asian Cup is underway in the United Arab Emirates with a bang. Players from Asian teams who play with the ambition to play for their country in international cricket will compete to show their talent to win the trophy in this series which will decide the champion of the Asian continent. In that way, many quality players are playing for success for the Asian teams who are producing quality players to surpass foreign countries like England and Australia.
But by the force of fate, like Ian Morgan from Ireland migrated to England and won the World Cup in history, some players from the Asian continent have migrated abroad in recent times and did not play for their country in this series. Let’s take a look at such key players in this post:
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1. Tim David: Hailing from Singapore, he is considered to be the best all-rounder in T20 cricket at the moment. He has scored 558 runs in 14 matches in T20 cricket for the team at a good average of 46.5 with an impressive strike rate of 158. He is trying to move to Australia and play for the country.
So he did not play in the Singapore team that played in the qualifying round to play in the main round of this Asia Cup.
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2. Mark Chapman: The Hong Kong native, who faced India in his 2nd league match in this Asia Cup, scored a century on his debut for the team in 2015.
But in the next few years, he moved to New Zealand and played local cricket there and has been playing international cricket for the country since 2018. So he did not play for the Hong Kong team in this Asia Cup.
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3. Snegan Jayasuriya: The Sri Lankan all-rounder made his debut for the country in 2015 and played 12 ODIs and 18 T20Is. He played in the last 2020 as he has moved to America with his family and is trying to play for that country, so he did not play for Sri Lanka in this Asia Cup.
Its poor to see any Cricketer quits his National Team for another, but then ignored Nationally by he did quit for.. ????????#Cricket #AnushmanRath pic.twitter.com/88bErT1Swu
— Safwan ???????? (@Boyxtroverted) May 17, 2021
4. Anushman Rath: Hailing from Hong Kong, he made his debut in 2014 and played for the country till 2018. He last played against India in the 2018 Asia Cup and then moved to India to play for Odisha in the 2021 Ranji Trophy. Therefore, he was not included in the Hong Kong team participating in the Asia Cup this time.
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5. Ijatulla Towltsai: The Afghanistan native made his debut against Kenya in 2010 and played for his country in the 2012 ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers. However, due to an injury in 2014, he lost his chances and then moved to Germany and played for the country till 2020.
Sami Aslam scored 236 runs in 88 balls with 19 fours and 17 sixes in USA Cricket ????. @SamiyaSam999#WeAreUSACricket ???????? #wellplayed #talents #USAsports #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/7AItAyL3Do
— Ahmer (@ahmersatti90) February 10, 2022
6. Sami Aslam: Hailing from Pakistan, he made his debut for the country in 2015 and played 13 Tests and 4 ODIs. However, he has been modest in it, having last played for Pakistan in 2017 and since then he has moved to the United Arab Emirates and has not participated in the Asia Cup.
7. Amila Afonsa: Hailing from Sri Lanka, he made his debut for the country in 2016 and played 9 ODIs and 3 T20Is. The last time he was in the 2018 Asia Cup, he was removed by the country’s board because he failed to perform well. He has since moved to America and has not played in the current Asia Cup.
8. Unmukt Chand: He led India to the 2012 ICC U-19 World Cup and was expected to become a big superstar, but subsequently failed to perform well in series like IPL and Ranji Trophy. So he lost the opportunity to play for the Delhi team and recently moved to America and is preparing to play for the country from 2024 onwards.
9. Samit Patel: He played as a wicket keeper in the same 2012 Under-19 World Cup winning Indian team and played for Gujarat, Baroda and Goa in local cricket. However, he did not get a chance to play for India due to his modest performance in it and is trying to move to America and play there.
Mumbai: Andheri Court grants bail to U-19 cricket player Harmeet Singh for driving his car onto railway station platform pic.twitter.com/TgIosBToXX
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2017
10. Harmeet Singh: He starred as a spin bowler in the 2012 U-19 World Cup winning Indian team and played for Rajasthan in the IPL in 2013. However, he did not get a chance to play for the national team due to his modest performance and has become one of the Indian players trying to play in America.
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