Hemal Mehta

Hemal Jayantilal Mehta (born 6 March 1974 in Calicut) is an Indian-born left-handed former cricketer who played for the Oman national cricket team and bowled a slow left-arm orthodox. He served as the captain of the Oman squad and led the team during the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 and the ACC Challenge Trophy 2009.^[1][2][3]

Career

Mehta was captain on 21 January 2009 when Oman won the Asian Cricket Council Challenge Trophy.^[4] He almost took a hat trick during the match and finished with 3 for 22.^[5]

In April 2009, Mehta was announced as a squad member for Oman for the ICC World Cup Qualifiers.^[6] On 8 April 2009, he was one of the top scorers with 49 in the match against Uganda.^[7]

His debut T20 match was on 13 March 2012 against Italy.^[8] Through 2013 he played in various List A matches, his last was on 29 April 2013 against Bermuda.^[9] On 5 May 2013, Mehta played in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three match against Italy.^[10]