Kinchit Shah
Hong Kong cricketer (born 1995)
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Kinchit Devang Shah (born 9 December 1995) is an Indian-born Hong Kong cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman, right-arm off break bowler and occasional wicket-keeper.
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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| Full name | Kinchit Devang Shah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 1995 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ninad Shah (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 30) | 8 November 2014 v Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 September 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 15) | 24 November 2014 v Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 13 November 2025 v Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Shah made his T20 cricket debut against the Canada cricket team on 15 March 2012.[1] He made his One Day International debut for Hong Kong on 8 November 2014 against Papua New Guinea in Australia.[2] He made his Twenty20 International debut on 24 November 2014 against Nepal in Sri Lanka.[3]
In August 2018, Shah was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[4] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[5]
Shah was a member of Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[6] In Hong Kong's opening match of the tournament, against Canada, Shah took a hat-trick.[7] He was the leading wicket-taker for Hong Kong in the tournament, with eleven dismissals in six matches.[8]
In September 2019, Shah was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[9] He was the leading run-scorer for Hong Kong in the tournament, with 223 runs in seven matches.[10] In November 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[11] Later the same month, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[12] In the third match of the tournament, against Bermuda, he scored his first century in List A cricket.[13]
In May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.[14]
On August 31, 2022, during 2022 Asia Cup vs. India, in which he was also a vice-captain, he proposed to his girlfriend.[15]