Jaskaran Singh, the right-arm pacer for Canada, who featured during their opening clash of the T20 World Cup 2026 campaign at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad against South Africa, is a former member of the Indian Premier League (IPL), as the Mohali-born player was part of the Decca Chargers during the 2009 and 2009/10 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

It was not a great evening for Jaskaran Singh, who was smashed for 49 runs in his four overs without any success against the Proteas. In 11 innings of the T20Is, the right-arm pacer has overall bagged 12 wickets at an average of 22.50, a strike rate of 16.60, and an economy rate of 8.10, thanks to the best bowling figures of 3/11 in an innings.

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Jaskaran, who hasn’t only represented India A as a young fast bowler on the tour to England in 2010, played the early season of the league. He has been playing in the Ranji Trophy for the last 13 years, having made his first appearance for the Punjab side along with some of the notable members of the Indian side, under the leadership of Manan Vohra.

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Jaskaran took three wickets on his List-A debut for the Punjab side against Haryana in 2009, before marking his first-class debut for India A against Yorkshire the next year. He had a forgettable game, conceding 77 runs for no wickets in 22 overs. His first-class debut came after six matches for the Chargers in which season he bagged six wickets.

Out of the six wickets, Jaskaran dismissed the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Kieron Pollard. In 26 innings of first-class cricket, the right-arm pacer has picked up 30 wickets at an average of 37.73 and a strike rate of 71.1, with 332 runs at a strike rate of 75.80, thanks to two half-centuries.

Jaskaran will hope to impress the fans with his skills during the T20 World Cup as they will meet some strong sides, including Afghanistan and New Zealand, deep into the competition.

Rohit Sharma IPL: From an emerging IPL player to a World Cup-winning team India captain, Rohit Sharma has made a long journey so far. Cricket fans are now well aware of Sharma's achievement with the Mumbai Indians, but the new cricket fans may not know about his time with the now-defunct IPL club Deccan Chargers.

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It was Deccan Chargers, the then Hyderabad-based club, who saw leadership material in a young Rohit Sharma. Rohit started his IPL career with DC as the deputy of Australian legend Adam Gilchrist. Then, Rohit was a 20-year-old cricket aspirant. In 2008, the first IPL season for Rohit Sharma witnessed a stellar performance by a young all-rounder. Yes, back in 2008, Rohit was playing as an all-rounder who could bat and bowl. In that season Sharma scored 404 runs for Deccan Chargers at an average of 36.72. In the next season, 2009, Rohit took 11 wickets as a spinner and scored 362 runs as a batter. 

Scott Styris, the former New Zealand international and Deccan Chargers, later said about Rohit, "It (IPL 2008) was my first opportunity to be a teammate and see (and hear of ) Rohit Sharma. He was with us at the Deccan Chargers. He was 19 or 20 years old at that time, and I could see then that this kid was something special. I’ve just come back from Sri Lanka, where I commentated on India vs. Sri Lanka; I caught up with him there, and he’s still the same guy that he was 16 years ago."

Rohit Sharma joined Mumbai Indians in 2011; from then, he has been an integral part of the team, and with them, Sharma won 5 IPL titles as captain.