Chirag Suri

Chirag Suri (born 18 February 1995) is an Indian-born cricketer who represented the United Arab Emirates national cricket team between 2017 and 2023. In January 2021, Suri was named the vice-captain of the UAE team.

International career
Suri represented the UAE national under-19 cricket team at the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his first-class debut for the UAE senior team against Namibia in the 2015 – 17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 16 September 2017.

He made his One Day International debut against the West Indies in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier on 6 March 2018. In August 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the UAE in a one - off match against Australia on 22 October 2018.

In September 2019, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the UAE. In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers to be awarded a year-long full-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board.

Suri scored his first century in ODI cricket against Oman in February 2022, with 115 runs.

Franchise career
Suri was one of six cricketers from ICC associate member countries in the 2017 Indian Premier League auction. In February 2017, He was bought by the Gujarat Lions team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 10 lakhs.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.

As a UAE player, Suri also participates in the T10 League.

Personal life
Suri was born in New Delhi, India. He moved to the UAE with his family in 2004. He attended Repton School Dubai. As of 2013, he was studying business management at Heriot-Watt University Dubai. He got married in 2019.