# Tanveer Sangha
**Tanveer Sangha** (full name Tanveer Singh Sangha, born 2001 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer who bowls right-arm leg spin for [Sydney Thunder](https://www.edgepedia.org/sydney-thunder), New South Wales, and Australia, and who took 4 wickets for 31 runs on his [Twenty20 International](https://www.edgepedia.org/twenty20-international) debut against South Africa in Durban on 30 August 2023.[1](https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA%3A2914/tanveer-sangha) • [2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name and birth | Tanveer Singh Sangha, born 2001, Liverpool, New South Wales[1](https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA%3A2914/tanveer-sangha) |
| Role | Right-arm leg-spin bowler; right-handed batter; jersey number 26[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) |
| International debuts | T20I 30 August 2023 vs South Africa (4/31); ODI 12 September 2023 at Potchefstroom[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) • [3](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/champions-trophy-2025/teams/1/players/70770/tanveer-sangha) |
| Breakout season | 21 wickets in his debut Big Bash League season (2020-21) for Sydney Thunder, after a BBL debut on 12 December 2020 against the Melbourne Stars[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) |
| Under-19 record | Highest wicket-taker for Australia at the 2020 Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, with 15 wickets[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) |
| Distinction | Youngest Australian to take four wickets in a men's T20I, and the best T20I debut figures by an Australian in nearly two decades[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) |
| Franchise teams | Sydney Thunder (BBL), Birmingham Phoenix (The Hundred), Washington Freedom, Los Angeles Knight Riders, and Seattle Orcas (Major League Cricket)[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) |
## Early life and background
Sangha was born in Liverpool, in Sydney's south-west suburbs, to Indian migrant parents from near [Jalandhar](https://www.edgepedia.org/jalandhar), Punjab.[1](https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA%3A2914/tanveer-sangha) • [4](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/players/tanveer-sangha-70770?tab=overview) He began junior cricket as a fast bowler and switched to leg spin in his early teens, a change his profile on the [Hindustan Times](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindustan-times) site links to avoiding shoulder injury.[1](https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA%3A2914/tanveer-sangha) • [4](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/players/tanveer-sangha-70770?tab=overview) In a 2019 ABC News interview he said he was not a strong cricket fan as a young child and tried a range of sports, including volleyball, rugby, and kabaddi, before his father steered him toward cricket.[5](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-29/the-south-asian-generation-changing-australian-cricket/11645164)
**Discovery by Fawad Ahmed.** In April 2018, aged 16, Sangha played for Australia's Under-16 team against Pakistan at Melbourne's Junction Oval and stood out so much that the former Australia leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed, then with the Victorian side, sought him out.[6](https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3308859) Sydney Thunder signed him as a development rookie for BBL|08 (2018-19), and he earned the NSW Cricket Basil Sellers Scholarship in 2019.[4](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/players/tanveer-sangha-70770?tab=overview)
## Under-19 and domestic rise
Sangha starred at the 2020 Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, finishing as Australia's highest wicket-taker with 15 wickets.[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) Later that year, at 18, he earned a rookie contract with the NSW Blues.[1](https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA%3A2914/tanveer-sangha)
His [Big Bash League](https://www.edgepedia.org/big-bash-league) debut for Sydney Thunder came on 12 December 2020 against the Melbourne Stars, and he took 21 wickets in his debut 2020-21 season, emerging as the competition's third-highest wicket-taker ahead of established leg-spinners including [Rashid Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/rashid-khan) and [Adam Zampa](https://www.edgepedia.org/adam-zampa).[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) • [7](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/australia-next-great-leg-spinner-hope-comes-via-jalandhar-tanveer-sangha-7164414/) That form brought his first Australia call-up, for a T20I series against New Zealand, though he had to wait until 2023 to play an international match.[7](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/australia-next-great-leg-spinner-hope-comes-via-jalandhar-tanveer-sangha-7164414/) • [8](https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/15137/t-sangha)
His [New South Wales](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-south-wales) debuts followed at the start of the 2021-22 summer: first-class in the [Sheffield Shield](https://www.edgepedia.org/sheffield-shield) on 27 October 2021, where he took three wickets, and List A in the One-Day Cup on 24 November 2021, where he took four.[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) • [9](https://theconwaybulletin.com/player/tanveer-sangha/)
## International debut and the 2023 World Cup
Sangha made his T20 International debut on 30 August 2023 in Australia's opening match against South Africa in Durban, taking 4/31 as Australia won by 111 runs; captain Mitch Marsh, who had flown in the day before, praised the debutant as "a fantastic talent".[10](https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3660676/sangha-debuts-for-australia) • [11](https://odishapostepaper.com/uploads/epaper/2023-09/64f0e6c2a0075.pdf) • [12](https://avenuemail.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Avenue-Mail-Sep-1.pdf) The figures were the best by an Australian on T20I debut in nearly two decades and made him, at 21, the youngest Australian to take four wickets in a men's T20I.[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha)
His ODI debut followed on 12 September 2023 at [Potchefstroom](https://www.edgepedia.org/potchefstroom), where the ICC match record lists him taking 1/64 against South Africa.[3](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/champions-trophy-2025/teams/1/players/70770/tanveer-sangha) He was then the sole traveling reserve in Australia's squad for the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in India, which Australia won.[1](https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA%3A2914/tanveer-sangha) • [13](https://www.sydneythunder.com.au/news/3943289/athapaththu-sangha-win-sydney-thunder-awards)
## Later international and franchise career
Sangha's ODI record through mid-2026 remained limited: the ICC lists appearances against India (1/61 in 2023), Sri Lanka (0/34 in 2025), India at the 2025 Champions Trophy (0/41), and Pakistan (1/31 and 1/22 in 2026).[3](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/champions-trophy-2025/teams/1/players/70770/tanveer-sangha) In June 2026 he sustained a hamstring injury during the second ODI against Pakistan and was ruled out of the entire subsequent ODI tour of Bangladesh.[14](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/australia-lose-key-players-to-injury-for-bangladesh-series)
In domestic cricket he stayed with Sydney Thunder, signing an extension until the end of BBL|17.[15](https://www.sydneythunder.com.au/news/4201362/tanveer-sangha-extends-with-thunder-until-end-of-bbl17) In the 2025-26 One-Day Cup he was the tournament's leading wicket-taker, and Adam Zampa, though available, made himself unavailable for the final in Hobart so as not to displace him; NSW selector Stuart Clark said the Blues had been forced by [Cricket Australia](https://www.edgepedia.org/cricket-australia) into dropping Sangha from an earlier match.[16](https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4464824) In franchise cricket he has represented Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred and, in [Major League Cricket](https://www.edgepedia.org/major-league-cricket), Washington Freedom, the Los Angeles Knight Riders, and the Seattle Orcas.[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha)
## Significance
Sangha is part of a generation of south Asian-heritage cricketers rising through the Australian system; the IPL profile describes him as the second player of Indian origin to make Australia's national squad, after Gurinder Sandhu.[2](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha) • [5](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-29/the-south-asian-generation-changing-australian-cricket/11645164) As a wrist-spinner he sits behind Adam Zampa in Australia's white-ball pecking order but is regularly named in squads as a spare spinner, including for the 2025 Champions Trophy and the 2026 tours of Pakistan.[3](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/champions-trophy-2025/teams/1/players/70770/tanveer-sangha) • [14](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/australia-lose-key-players-to-injury-for-bangladesh-series)
## References
1. [Tanveer Sangha player profile, cricket.com.au](https://www.cricket.com.au/players/CA%3A2914/tanveer-sangha)
2. [Tanveer Sangha career stats and profile, IPL.com](https://www.ipl.com/player/tanveer-sangha)
3. [Tanveer Sangha player page, ICC](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/champions-trophy-2025/teams/1/players/70770/tanveer-sangha)
4. [Tanveer Sangha profile, Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/players/tanveer-sangha-70770?tab=overview)
5. [The south Asian generation changing Australian cricket, ABC News](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-29/the-south-asian-generation-changing-australian-cricket/11645164)
6. [Sangha quietly thunders onto Big Bash stage, cricket.com.au](https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3308859)
7. [For Australia, searching for the next great leg-spinner, hope comes via Jalandhar, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/australia-next-great-leg-spinner-hope-comes-via-jalandhar-tanveer-sangha-7164414/)
8. [Tanveer Sangha profile, Cricbuzz](https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/15137/t-sangha)
9. [Tanveer Sangha, The Conway Bulletin](https://theconwaybulletin.com/player/tanveer-sangha/)
10. [Sangha debuts for Australia, Cricket NSW](https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3660676/sangha-debuts-for-australia)
11. [Odisha Post e-paper, September 2023](https://odishapostepaper.com/uploads/epaper/2023-09/64f0e6c2a0075.pdf)
12. [The Avenue Mail, Jamshedpur, 1 September 2023](https://avenuemail.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Avenue-Mail-Sep-1.pdf)
13. [Athapaththu, Sangha win Sydney Thunder Awards, Sydney Thunder](https://www.sydneythunder.com.au/news/3943289/athapaththu-sangha-win-sydney-thunder-awards)
14. [Australia lose key players to injury for Bangladesh series, ICC](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/australia-lose-key-players-to-injury-for-bangladesh-series)
15. [Tanveer Sangha extends with Thunder until end of BBL|17, Sydney Thunder](https://www.sydneythunder.com.au/news/4201362/tanveer-sangha-extends-with-thunder-until-end-of-bbl17)
16. [Why 'unselfish' Zampa won't play One-Day Cup final, cricket.com.au](https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4464824)
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