Saurabh 'Sunny' Verma (born 4 November 1981) is an Indian born American

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er. Verma is a right-handed

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who bowls

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. Verma currently represents the

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. Verma made his debut for the United States in an unofficial

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against the

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in a pre-tournament warm up match for the

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. During the tournament Verma made his full

debut against

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, where the USA went on to win by 6 wickets. He followed this up by playing a match against

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, which the United States lost. Later in February 2010, Verma represented the United States in the

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, where he helped the United States gain promotion to the

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in Italy. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

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tournament in the United States following the players' draft.

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at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Verma, Saurabh 1982 births Living people Cricketers from Bhopal American cricketers Indian emigrants to the United States American sportspeople of Indian descent