David Keelan Mathias (born 20 March 1991) is an Indian-born

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er who represents the

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. Mathias grew up in Bahrain where his father Richard Mathias was the director of youth cricket for the

Bahrain Cricket Association Bahrain Cricket Association is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Bahrain. Bahrain Cricket Association is Bahrain's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member of that ...

. He attended Sacred Heart School in

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and was also coached in the UAE by

Tauseef Ahmed Tauseef Ahmed (born 10 May 1958) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 34 Test matches and 70 One Day Internationals between 1980 and 1993. Career Tauseef Ahmed made his first-class debut in early 1979 for Public Works Department aga ...

and

Shahzad Altaf Shahzad Altaf Hussain (born 6 October 1957) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team between 1994 and 1998. He played as a right-arm pace bowler, and opened the bowling in two matches at the 1 ...

. At the age of 12, he represented Bahrain at the 2004 ACC Under-17 Cup in India. Mathias has represented

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in Indian domestic cricket. He made his first-class debut on 22 October 2015 in the

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. In February 2022, Mathias was named in

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(T20I) squad for the

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tournament. He made his T20I debut on 18 February 2022, for Bahrain against

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* 1991 births Living people Indian cricketers Bahraini cricketers Bahrain Twenty20 International cricketers Karnataka cricketers Cricketers from Karnataka Indian expatriates in Bahrain {{India-cricket-bio-1991-stub