Uganda: There are many examples in Indian cricket when a player has left his country and played international cricket for another country. If we talk about the most popular names, the list includes Unmukt Chand, Saurabh Netravalkar, Samit Patel, Milind Kumar, Monank Patel, etc.

However, the player we are going to talk about today represented the Saurashtra team in domestic cricket. Later he joined the Uganda team. Let us know the name of this all-rounder from Gujarat and the account of his career.

Indian playing for Uganda

Actually, the cricketer we are talking about is Dinesh Nakrani. He was born on 21 September 1991 in Kutch, Gujarat. He is an Indian all-rounder who bats and bowls left-handed.

He started his domestic career for Saurashtra in 2014. However, in 2016, he moved to Uganda in search of work.

On 20 May 2019, this 32-year-old player made his international debut for this team.

This is what the career of this player has been like

If we talk about Dinesh Nakrani's cricket career, he has played 60 T20 matches for Uganda. In this, he has 891 runs and 68 wickets with the help of three fifties. In 15 List-A matches, Dinesh has scored 360 runs and taken 21 wickets. Apart from this, he has played 71 non-T20 international matches, in which he has scored 1147 runs as well as taken 75 wickets.

These players have also moved abroad

Dinesh Nakrani is not the first player who represented a country other than his own in international cricket.

There are many such examples where a player went to another country in search of opportunities and started playing cricket there and ended up staying there.

Actually, cricket is very popular in a country like India. Every child here dreams of becoming a cricketer when he grows up. In such a situation, only a few players get a chance to play for their country. At the same time, many promising cricketers are left scratching their heads.