Dhruv Maisuria
Dhruv Maisuria (born 6 August 1998) is an Indian-born Botswana cricketer. He has played for the Botswana national cricket team since 2015 as a right-arm leg spin bowler.
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| Full name | Dhruvkumar Maisuria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1998 India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm legbreak, googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 12) | 21 May 2019 v Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 19 December 2023 v Malawi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In February 2015, Maisuria was named in Botswana's squad for the 2015 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One, part of the qualification process for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was subsequently named in Botswana's senior squad for the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament in England, playing in one match.
In May 2019, he was named in Botswana's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Botswana against Nigeria on 21 May 2019. In October 2021, he was named in Botswana's squad for their matches in Group B of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.
Maisuria was voted bowler of the tournament at the 2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup. In May 2023, in the 2023 Southern Africa Cup, he surpassed Sri Lankan bowler Ajantha Mendis's record for the fastest bowler to reach 50 wickets in Twenty20 Internationals, reaching the mark from 22 matches.