Jaskaran Malhotra (; born November 4, 1989) is an Indian-born American

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er. He has played for the

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since January 2018, and made his full international debut for the side in March 2019.

Early life

Malhotra was born in

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, India, and captained

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at the under-19 level. He immigrated to the United States in 2014, settling in New York City.

US career

In January 2018, he was named in the

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squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. He made his

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debut for the United States against the

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in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on January 31, 2018. In August 2018, he was named in the United States' squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament in

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. In October 2018, he was named in the United States' squads for the

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tournament in the West Indies and for the

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tournament in Oman. In February 2019, he was named in the United States'

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(T20I) squad for their series against the United Arab Emirates. The matches were the first T20I fixtures to be played by the United States team. He made his T20I debut against the

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on 15 March 2019. In April 2019, he was named in the United States cricket team's squad for the

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tournament in Namibia. The United States finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining

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(ODI) status. Malhotra made his ODI debut for the United States on 27 April 2019, against

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, in the tournament's third-place playoff. In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the

, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda. The following month, he was one of twelve players to sign a three-month central contract with

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. In August 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft. On September 9, 2021, Malhotra hit

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, off the bowling of

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, becoming the second cricketer to achieve this in an ODI match. He also became the first batsman for the United States to score a century in ODI cricket, finishing with 173

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from 124 balls. In October 2021, he was named in the American squad for the

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tournament in Antigua.

Personal life

Malhotra currently resides in Maryland, US. He coaches for the Baltimore Royals academy in Columbia, Maryland. He is also the skipper for the Baltimore Royals minor league team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malhotra, Jaskaran 1989 births Living people American cricketers Indian cricketers United States One Day International cricketers 21st-century American sportsmen United States Twenty20 International cricketers Saint Lucia Kings cricketers Cricketers from Chandigarh Indian emigrants to the United States American people of Punjabi descent American sportspeople of Indian descent Himachal Pradesh cricketers