Amir Jangoo

Nationality

West Indies

Born

July 14, 1997 (28 years)

Amir Jangoo is a hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman from Trinidad. Born in the island, Jangoo rose through the ranks of grade cricket and fought his way into the Trinidad first-class side. He earned himself a Red Force contract on the sheer weight of first-class performances alone. <br/> <br/> Jangoo was a product of the youth-nurturing program in Trinidad, and has graduated to the first-class level under them. He is the kind of hard-hitting left-handed batsman that the West Indies would love to have, particularly in the top-order. The consistency that he has manifested in the limited opportunities he has got has been phenomenal. He made his List A debut for the West Indies Under-19s in the 2014–15 Regional Super50 on 16 January 2015. He made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition. <br/> <br/> He currently plays for the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier league. However, due to the presence of Denesh Ramdin, he finds himself struggling for a spot in the playing XI. He continues to be phenomenal in the first-class circuit, though, and with a bright future ahead of him, he may well be the shining light that West Indies cricket has been searching for to get them off to a flying start at the top of the order. <br/> <br/> <b>By Rishi Roy</b> <br/> <i>As of September 2018</i>