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Hong Kong cricketer (born 1995)

Fullname

Kinchit Devang Shah

Born (1995-12-09) 9 December 1995 (age 30)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

BattingLeft-handed

BowlingRight-arm off break

Kinchit Shah

Personal information

Full name

Kinchit Devang Shah

Born

(1995-12-09) 9 December 1995 (age 30)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Batting

Left-handed

Bowling

Right-arm off break

Role

Batsman

Relations

Ninad Shah (brother)

International information

National side

Hong Kong (2014–2023)

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

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	10	49	1	37
Runs scored	136	706	66	1,058
Batting average	13.28	19.08	33.00	32.06
100s/50s	0/0	0/3	0/1	3/5
Top score	34*	79	62	139
Balls bowled	56	396	–	884
Wickets	4	12	–	37
Bowling average	10.00	41.25	–	18.59
5 wickets in innings	0	0	–	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	–	0
Best bowling	4/10	2/9	–	4/10
Catches/stumpings	1/–	16/–	0/–	9/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 July 2025

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.

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]

References

↑ "17th Match, Group A: Canada v Hong Kong at Dubai (CA), Mar 15, 2012. Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
↑ "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
↑ "Hong Kong v Nepal T20I Series - 4th T20I". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
↑ "Hong Kong Squad for the ACC Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018 － 27th August - 8th September 2018". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
↑ "Anshuman Rath to lead Hong Kong into the 2018 Unimoni Asia Cup". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
↑ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
↑ "Hosts Namibia start with victory in ICC World Cricket League Division 2". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
↑ "ICC World Cricket League Division Two, 2019 - Hong Kong: List A matches, Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
↑ "Men's ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers squad announcement". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
↑ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019/20 - Hong Kong: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
↑ "Hong Kong ACC Emerging Teams Tournament Men's Squad Announcement". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
↑ "Hong Kong ICC Challenge League 'B' Squad Announcement". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
↑ "Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Bermuda vs Hong Kong, Challenge League Group B, 3rd Match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
↑ "Hong Kong men's squad for ICC Challenge League B round 2 in Uganda announced!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
↑ "Watch: Hong Kong cricketer's surprise marriage proposal at Asia Cup in Dubai". South China Morning Post. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

External links

Kinchit Shah at ESPNcricinfo
https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/9981/kinchit-shah

v t e Hong Kong T20I cricket captains
2014–15: Atkinson 2015–16: Afzal 2016–2017: Hayat 2019: Kinchit 2019–2020: Aizaz 2022–2024: Nizakat 2024–present: Murtaza

Hong Kong squads

v t e Hong Kong squad – 2014 World Twenty20
5 Nawaz 7 Irfan 8 Chapman 9 Shah 10 Hayat 11 Aizaz 12 Amjad 17 Atkinson (c & wk) 18 Nadeem 33 Afzal 73 Barkat (vc & wk) 75 Nizakat 78 Dar – Lamsam – Amar Coach: Charlie Burke

v t e Hong Kong squad – 2016 World Twenty20
1 Campbell 2 Nadeem 8 Chapman (vc) 9 Shah 10 Hayat 11 Aizaz 12 Amjad 13 Rath 27 Tanveer 33 Afzal (c) 55 Atkinson (wk) 73 Barkat 75 Nizakat – Carter – W. Khan Coach: Simon Cook

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