Teja Nidamanuru Career, Records, Biography & More
Anil Teja Nidamanuru (born August 22, 1994) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the Netherlands cricket team. He has also played for Auckland in New Zealand cricket.
Personal Life
Nidamanuru was born in Vijayawada, India. As of 2021, he was a business development manager for a workflow management company, working with fellow Dutchman Stephan Myburgh.
Cricket Career
Nidamanuru made his Twenty20 debut for Auckland in the 2017–18 Super Smash on 13 December 2017. He made his List A debut for Auckland in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 14 November 2018.
In 2019 Nidamanuru moved to the Netherlands. He took up a position as player-coach at Kampong Cricket Club in Utrecht. He later moved to Punjab Rotterdam and scored 104 runs off 42 balls in a match against VOC Rotterdam in the 2021 Dutch T20 Cup.
In May 2022, he was named in the Dutch One Day International (ODI) squad for the series against the West Indies. He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against the West Indies on May 31, 2022. In July 2022, he was named in the Netherlands Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B tournament in Zimbabwe. He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against Papua New Guinea on July 11, 2022.
In March 2023, he was named in the Netherlands ODI squad for the series against Zimbabwe. In the first ODI, he scored his first century in ODI cricket.
His score of 110 runs off 96 balls helped the Netherlands recover from 110/6 in pursuit of the host's 249 and win the game by three wickets.