Darius D'Souza is an Indian

Indian people

Indian people or Indisians constitute the Asian nation and pan-ethnic group native to India, which forms the south of Asia, containing 17.31% of the world's population. The Indian nationality is in essence made up of regional nationalities, reflecting the rich and complex history of India...

 born Canadian cricket

Cricket

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er. D'Souza is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....

. He was born in Bombay (today Mumbai), Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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D'Souza played for Canada Under-19s

Canada Under-19 cricket team

The Canadian Under-19 cricket team represents the country of Canada in U-19 international cricket.Most recently, Canada took part in the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, finishing in 11th position...

 in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand

New Zealand

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, making five Youth One Day International appearance during the tournament. While studying for his degree in Computer Science & Business in England

England

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 at Loughborough University

Loughborough University

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, D'Souza made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for Loughborough MCCU against Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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 in 2011. In this match he opened the batting, with him being dismissed for a single run in Loughborough's first-innings by David Lucas

David Lucas (cricketer)

David Scott Lucas is an English first-class cricketer, who currently plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. He previously played for Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire...

, while in their second-innings he scored 18 runs, before being dismissed by David Willey

David Willey (cricketer)

David Jonathan Willey , is an English cricketer playing for Northamptonshire Steelbacks. He is a left-handed batsman and bowler. He is the son of former England cricketer and current international umpire Peter Willey...

. This remains his only first-class appearance.

External links

• Darius D'Souza at ESPNcricinfo
• Darius D'Souza at CricketArchive
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