17 jersey number in cricket

The numbers on cricketers’ shirts help identify a player to the officials, commentators, or even the spectators. The numbers on the front of a player’s shirt indicate the chronological position of their appearance for a particular country. Whereas, numbers on the back are typically self-chosen. However, these numbers are not always just useful for commentators or spectators alone. Sometimes, the jersey numbers of cricketers have much larger personal significance.

Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Rajendra Pant is an Indian cricketer known for playing as a middle order wicket-keeper batsman for India, Delhi, and captain for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He was the vice-captain of the India U-19 team for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India in January 2017, his Test debut in August 2018, and his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 2018. In January 2019, Pant was named the ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the 2018 ICC Awards. In February 2021, Pant was named the Men’s Player of the Month in the first edition of the ICC Player of the Month Awards.

Evin Lewis

Evin Earl Lewis is a Trinidadian cricketer known for playing with the West Indies in limited-overs internationals. He plays as a left-handed opening batsman and, generally fast scoring, is the third batsman to score two Twenty20 International centuries. He previously appeared for Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in the competition.

Lewis made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in March 2012. He had earlier represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup. Lewis’s senior debut for the West Indies came in March 2016, in a Twenty20 International against Afghanistan. His One Day International (ODI) debut came later in the year, against Pakistan.

Wessley Madhevere

Wesley Nyasha Madhevere is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He was named the rising star of the squad by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following the 2018 tournament. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in March 2020.

Marcus Stoinis

Marcus Peter Stoinis is an Australian cricketer known for playing limited overs cricket with the Australian national team. He is contracted to Western Australia and Melbourne Stars domestically, and has previously also played for Perth Scorchers and Victoria as an all-rounder.

Ab De Villiers

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers is a former South African international cricketer. De Villiers was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and was one of the five Wisden cricketers of the decade at the end of 2019.

AB de Villiers began his international career as a wicket-keeper-batsman, but he has played most often solely as a batsman. He batted at various positions in the batting order, but predominantly in the middle-order. Regarded as one of the most innovative and destructive batsmen in the modern era, as well as one of the greatest of all time, de Villiers is known for a range of unorthodox shots, particularly behind the wicket-keeper. He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played a One Day International (ODI) in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006. He scored over 8,000 runs in both Test and ODI cricket and is one of the very few batsmen to have a batting average of over fifty in both forms of the game. In limited overs cricket, he is an attacking player. He set the record for the fastest ODI century in just 31 balls.

De Villiers captained South Africa in all three formats, although after a series of injuries, he stepped down from the Test captaincy. In 2017, he stepped down from captaining the national limited-overs games and in May 2018, he announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. In January 2020, however, de Villiers expressed an interest in making an international comeback and play in the 2020 T20 World Cup, although later in the year it was confirmed that he would not do so. On 19 November 2021, De Villiers announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

He is sometimes referred to as “Mr. 360” due to his ability to play shots all around the wicket, and as “Superman” due to his acrobatic fielding. In T20 cricket he is seen as an attacking batsman who plays a range of unconventional shots.

Reeza Hendricks

Reeza Raphael Hendricks is a South African cricketer known for playing with Gauteng and with the South Africa national cricket team. He is a right-handed opening batsman. He made his international debut for South Africa in November 2014.

Abu Jayed

Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi is a Bangladeshi cricketer known for playing with Sylhet Division. He made his international debut for the Bangladesh cricket team in February 2018. In April 2019, he was named in Bangladesh’s One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, despite being uncapped in an ODI match. He made his ODI debut for Bangladesh the following month, against the West Indies.

Sharafuddin Ashraf

Sharafuddin Ashraf is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in July 2014.