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India’s 2012 Under-19 World Cup-winning captain signs multi-year deal with Major League Cricket in America
Unmukt Chand, India’s 2012 Under-19 World Cup-winning captain, has left Indian cricket at the age of 28. In a note posted on his Twitter account, Chand said he had decided to “bid adieu to BCCI and seek better opportunities around the world”.
*Chand has signed up with the Silicon Valley Strikers for the 2021 season of the Minor League Cricket, a national T20 competition in the United States. He will make his debut in the tournament against the Socal Lashings on Saturday.
Having relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, he has also signed a multi-year deal with Major League Cricket to support the development of the game in the country by playing with and mentoring the next generation of American cricketers.
After his heroics at the Under-19 level – he scored 111 not out in that
