Latvia national cricket team

The Latvia Cricket Team is a fledgling team which represents the nation of Latvia in International Cricket competitions. They are not officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council and are therefore not entitled to participate in ICC Official events. However, they do have an application to the European Cricket Council pending, which should see them granted Affiliate Status in the near future.

Latvia
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Personnel
CaptainBiswajeet Mohapatra
International Cricket Council
ICC statusnon-member
ICC regionEurope
As of 1 August 2019

Cricket began in Latvia in 1998 when the British Embassy in Riga decided to host a game. The Latvian Cricket Federation was formed in 2001 and now organises a regular club competition. Latvia played Welsh village cricket team Carmel & District Cricket Club in 2007 in Riga where they lost by three wickets. They were the champion of the Baltic cups 2014 beating Estonia in the finals. They participated in Prague and Kiev in the year 2019

Over the years, LCF has built its own premises, stadiums and practice nets, inviting local Latvian players to join as per the ECC guidelines

Tournament history

European Cricket Tournaments

  • International Ukraine Cup 2019: 3rd place
  • Central Europe Cup 2019: 4th place
  • European Club tournament 2018: Runners Up

Baltic Cups

  • 2018: Winners
  • 2016: Runners Up
  • 2014: Winners
  • 2012: Winners

Players

The following list contains the players in Latvia's squad for the season 2019.
  • Biswajeet Mohapatra (c)
  • Sumit Chakravatrty
  • Ishan Kashyap
  • Sai Prudhvi Surapaneni
  • Venilraj Govindhagounder Varadharajan
  • Tushar Gupta
  • Keshan Maheesha Gamage
  • Sahan Pathirana
  • Varikuti Siva Reddy
  • Dhruv Gurjar
  • Suryateja Bonthu
  • Fawad Bin Sajjad
  • Ankur Dubey
  • Ankul Agarwal
  • Dhruv Gurjar
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