Australia Picks Indian-Origin Taxi Driver's Son For New Zealand T20s

Teenaged leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha, son of an Indian-origin taxi driver in Australia, has been named in Australia's T20 squad for the upcoming five-match series in New Zealand. Sangha, who repres

"He's a young bloke who looks like he's pretty confident and in control of what he's doing, and he bowls proper good balls so he might be someone they'd look to get into the system," Ponting told cricket.com.au

"It's a hard one for young leg-spinners because they come along quickly and everyone's excited by how good they might be, quite often they're introduced early and they can have a few setbacks after that. But they might have to think about that," he said.

Sangha was Australia's leading wicket-taker in the under-19 World Cup last year. He scalped 15 wickets in the six matches in the tournament held in South Africa.

Before Tanveer, Gurinder Sandhu was the other Indian-origin player to have played for Australian national team.

The five-match series between Australia and New Zealand will start from February 22.