Back where it all started: Rutherford returns to Canada for Global T20
By Brandon Corlette
Rutherford was a member of the Mumbai Indian team when they won the IPL
Twenty-four-year-old Guyanese cricketer Sherfane Rutherford is returning to Canada for the 2023 Global T20, which starts on July 20 and concludes on August 6 in Ontario.
Rutherford is no stranger to the Global T20. He blasted a century in 2018 while playing for the West Indies B team, and from since become a recognized T20 star playing in the Indian Premier League, the Pakistan Super League, and the Caribbean Premier League.
Rutherford suffered an injury at the ILT20, but has recovered and is likely to feature at the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League. He was retained by the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
Rutherford has said: “I am great now, and eager to be back on the field.”
This left-handed batsman who hails from Enmore, ECD was the third highest run-getter at the 2018 tournament in Canada with 230 runs to his name. It included a mind-boggling 134 not out from 66 balls, which is by far the highest individual score in the League.
Rutherford last played at the ILT20, where he sustained an injury with the Desert Vipers
Besides Rutherford, Andre Russell and Chris Gayle are among the marquee players drafted for the 2023 edition of the Global T20 Canada.
Russell has signed to play for Montreal Tigers, and will play alongside Shakib al Hasan, Sherfane Rutherford, Carlos Brathwaite and Zahir Khan.
Gayle, meanwhile, will suit up for Mississauga Panthers where his power-hitting skills will be complemented by the likes of Shoaib Malik, James Neesham and Cameron Delport.
The other teams in the Global T20 Canada are the Surrey Tigers, Brampton Wolves, Vancouver Knights and Toronto Nationals.
Flashback: The moment Rutherford slammed a century in Canada
Global T20 Canada 2023 Squad: Full team lists and marquee players
Brampton Wolves: Harbhajan Singh, Colin De Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Mark Sinclair Chapman, Usama Mir, Hussain Talat, Usman Khan, Logan Van Beek, Jan Nicolaas Frylinck, Max O Dowd, Jeremy Gordon, Aaron Johnson, Rizwan Cheema, Shahid Ahmadzai, Rishiv Joshi, Gurpal Singh Sandhu. Coach: Shane Bond
Montreal Tigers: Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Sherfane Rutherford, Carlos Brathwaite, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Zahir Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Akif Raja, Aayan Khan, Dipendra Airee, Kaleem Sana, Srimantha Wijeratne, Matthew Spoors, Bhupendra Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Anoop Chima. Coach: Dav Whatmore
Mississauga Panthers: Shoaib Malik, Chris Gayle, Azam Khan, James Neesham, Cameron Scott Delport, Shahnawaz Dahani, Zahoor Khan, Tom Cooper, Cecil Pervez, Jaskarandeep Singh Buttar, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nikhil Dutta, Shreyas Movva, Praveen Kumar, Mihir Patel, Ethan Gibson. Coach: Lance Klusener
Surrey Jaguars: Alex Hales, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Behrendorff, Litton Kumar Das, Karim Janat, Mohammad Haris, Sheel Patel, Sandeep Lamichhane, Jatinder Singh, Ayaan Khan, Bernard Scholtz, Pargat Singh, Dilon Heyliger, Ammar Khalid, Sunny Matharu, Kairav Sharma. Coach: Lalchand Rajput
Toronto Nationals: Colin Munro, Shahid Afridi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Zaman Khan, Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Hamza Tariq, Gerhard Erasmus, JJ Smit, Saad Bin Zafar, Farhan Malik, Nicholas Kirton, Armaan Kapoor, Sarmad Anwar, Rommel Shahzad, Udhaya Bhagwan. Coach: Aaqib Javed
Vancouver Knights: Mohammad Rizwan, Rassie van der Dussen, Naveen-ul-Haq, Reeza Hendricks, Corbin Bosch, Najibullah Zadran, Junaid Siddiqui, Vriitya Aravind, Karthik Meiyappan, Ruben Trumpelmann, Ravinderpal Singh, Harsh Thaker, Rayyan Pathan, Muhammad Kamal, Nawab Singh, Kanwar Tathgur. Coach: Donovan Miller.
