Tanveer Sangha

Tanveer Singh Sangha (born 26 November 2001) is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia in ODI and T20I cricket as a right arm leg spin bowler. He plays for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League (BBL) and plays domestically for New South Wales.

He was Australia’s leading wicket taker at the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, claiming 15 wickets.

Family and early life Sangha's parents moved from Indian Punjab to Sydney in Australia in 1997. Tanveer was born in 2001, and growing up he played various sports including volleyball, rugby, and kabaddi. He impressed at a junior level, and was signed by the Sydney Thunder as a development player for the 2018–19 season.

After finishing school, Sangha began playing first grade cricket in Sydney as a 17-year-old in 2019. He had quick success at this level, taking a 6-wicket haul in his second match and another 5-wicket haul in his third, and in November 2019 he was signed to a senior contract with the Sydney Thunder for the first time. He had a successful first season in the competition, taking 21 wickets (the most of any spin bowler in the competition) with a bowling average of 16.66. He became the second player of Indian origin (after Gurinder Sandhu) to make it to the national team, and his List A debut in a One-Day Cup match on 24 November 2021, taking four wickets. Sangha then spent time in the 2022 winter in the subcontinent, playing for Australia A on a tour of Sri Lanka, and then being sent by Cricket Australia to a spin bowling academy in Chennai. He made his debut for Australia on 30 August, taking four wickets for 31 runs in the match, the second-best bowling figures for an Australian on debut (after Michael Kasprowicz's 4 for 29). He made his One Day International debut later in the tour on 12 September. Sangha played a total of two One Day Internationals and seven Twenty20s for Australia in 2023, but was ultimately not included in Australia's final 15-player squad for the World Cup.

In 2025, Sangha played in a series for Australia A against India A, taking seven wickets in three one-day matches, and he returned to international cricket for Australia's Twenty20 series against India in October 2025, again replacing the unavailable Adam Zampa.