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American College Cricket Announces 1st Team
American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah, in announcing the organization's first-ever All America 1st Team, said: “I have seen cricketing icons like Rohan Kanhai and Gary Sobers play, and as a boy I awakened Alvin Kallicharran in the mornings to bowl to him in the nets. I saw West Indies cricket at its fiery best with Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Colin Croft, Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, etc.,
While growing up I witnessed countless other greats like Imran Khan, Sunil Gavaskar, Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Clive Lloyd, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, and the Chappells play. My youngest brother Errol could probably have gone on to play Test cricket, had he not left the West Indies.”
Jodah’s comments were meant to 
emphasize his point that he has a keen eye for excellent cricketing ability, and thought that, “Our college cricketers, though part-time players, played some great cricket, and represented the game and their schools well. The youthful athleticism, drive and school spirit, added to talent, made it as exciting as one could wish.”
emphasize his point that he has a keen eye for excellent cricketing ability, and thought that, “Our college cricketers, though part-time players, played some great cricket, and represented the game and their schools well. The youthful athleticism, drive and school spirit, added to talent, made it as exciting as one could wish.”Steve Kalloo, who has been umpiring since 1989 and is affiliated with the West Indies Cricket Umpires Association (WICUA) and the United States of America Cricket Umpires Association (USACUA), and has officiated in international games and spent decades watching Test and First-Class cricket matches, in commenting on the recent American College Cricket Spring Break Championships in Florida, remarked, “The fielding at the championships was, some of the best fielding I have seen…..as good as Test level.”
On the selection of the first-ever All-America College Cricket 1st Team, President Jodah stated, “Picking the All-America 1st Team was very difficult, and there were many more who could have been included. We feel that the All-America 1st Team includes only some of the wonderful student athletes who participated," adding “Leaders like Hashim Khan (GMU), Sudeep Misra (T-Birds), Maaz Tasneem Khan (CW), Ankush Chandra (BU), Anand Patel (UMBC), Gavish Sharma (UPenn), Kalpesh Patel (UMiami), and Tarun Tiyagi (USC), did a lot of work to get their teams to the championship. Without leadership like theirs, players would not have gotten the opportunity to participate in the recent championship.”
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York University Hassan Choghtai’s catch in the VOA News video was one of countless great fielding moments observed during the recent championship.
American College Cricket All America 1st Team, in alphabetical order
Adil Bhatti, Captain (Montgomery), Harsha Boddeppali (USF), Nalin Chopra (Rutgers), Akeem Dodson (York College), Adrian Gordon (NYU-Poly), Amr Hassan (GWU), Itai Njani (Wooster), Roshan Rai (UPenn), Prassana Ravishankar (Auburn), Tarun Sandhu (USC), Saminda Sawardena (St Cloud), Ankit Sehgal (Montgomery), Romel Somavat (OSU), Mahjuj Sourav (York U) and Khushroo Wadia (York U).
