Canada look to move one step closer to World T20

Canada dropped its fifth-straight game at the Twenty20 qualifier. (Aijaz Rahi/AP)

TORONTO — All-rounder Rizwan Cheema will captain Canada at the Pepsi ICC Americas Division 1 T20 tournament next month in Indianapolis.

The competition, which runs May 3-10, also features Bermuda, Suriname and the U.S. The top two teams will advance to the 2015 ICC World T20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland in July.

Canada will prepare for the Indianapolis event in Houston, playing three T20 matches against an invitational side.

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Canada Roster

Rizwan Cheema (capt.), Hamza Tariq (vice capt.), Amarbir Hansra, Cecil Pervez, Farhan Malik, Junaid Siddiqui, Khurram Chohan, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nikhil Dutta, Nitish Kumar, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Saad Bin Zafar, Satsimranjit Dhindsa, Srimantha Wijeyeratne.

Head coach: Mukesh Narula

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