Janak Prakash (born 16 August 2000) is a Singaporean cricketer who plays for the
Singapore national cricket team
The Singapore national cricket team is the team that represents Singapore in international cricket. Singapore has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1974, and was a founding member of the Asian Cricket C ...
. Janak is an
all-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are cons ...
. He also played for the
Singapore U'19s at age of 16 in Sri Lanka. In October 2018, he was named in Singapore's squad in the Eastern sub-region group for the
2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament. Later the same month, he was named in Singapore's squad for the
2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was an international cricket tournament that took place in Oman between 9 and 19 November 2018. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualif ...
tournament in Oman.
In July 2019, he was named in Singapore's
Twenty20 International
Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...
(T20I) squad for the
Regional Finals of the
2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament. He made his T20I debut for Singapore against
Qatar
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on 22 July 2019.
In September 2019, he was named in Singapore's squad for the
2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
The 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A was the inaugural edition of Group A of the 2019–2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cu ...
tournament. In October 2019, he was named in Singapore's squad for the
2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier
The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine the teams that would qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The six teams finis ...
tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
He made his
List A
List A cricket is a classification of the Limited overs cricket, limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competit ...
debut on 27 October 2021, for
Ace Capital Cricket Club Coach_ Thisera Captain _ Chaninda Bandara
Ace Capital Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based in Negombo, Sri Lanka. It was originally founded in 1989 as the Seeduwa/Raddoluwa Cricket Club. In 2011, it became the Sri Lanka Ports Authority ...
in the
2021–22 Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament in Sri Lanka.
References
External links
Janak Prakash Profile - Cricket Player Singapore , Stats, Records, Video
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2000 births
Living people
Singaporean cricketers
Singapore Twenty20 International cricketers
SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore
SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
SEA Games medalists in cricket
Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
Singaporean sportspeople of Indian descent
Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Singapore