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Aryan Dutt, born on May 12, 2003, in the Netherlands to a Punjabi father (his parents shifted to the Netherlands in the 1980s), is a right-arm off-spinner who represents the Netherlands national cricket team and currently plays in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023. Aryan Dutt has been the youngest to play for the Netherlands in this 2023 ODI World Cup edition.
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Dutt was influenced to play this game after seeing India's successful journey to lift the 2011 ODI World Cup. He began his cricket training in the Netherlands and later at 13, further trained in Chandigarh. He also plays Topklasse cricket for Voorburg Cricket Club. Dutt represented the Netherlands U-19 side in the 2021 ICC U19 World Cup Europe Qualifier in Spain where he took five wickets from just three matches.
Aryan Dutt made his T20I debut on April 17, 2021,, against Nepal in a Tri-Series. He soon made his List A debut on May 12, 2021, for Netherlands A against Ireland Wolves during their tour to Ireland and a week later on May 19, 2021, he made his ODI debut for the Netherlands team against Scotland.
Aryan Dutt has taken 28 wickets in ODIs from 31 games and also he has taken four wickets in T20Is from 5 games so far. Aryan Dutt was known for dismissing West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran thrice in the three-match ODI series in 2022. He also picked seven wickets in the ODI World Cup 2023 Qualifiers for the Netherlands, where he helped his side qualify for the Men's ODI World Cup 2023 tournament.
Dutt played a critical role in this World Cup by scoring an unbeaten 23 from 9 balls against South Africa, where they recorded their first victory in th ODI World Cup 2023. He picked three wickets (3/44) against Sri Lanka and also against Bangladesh, he bowled a very economical spell by just conceding 26 runs in 10 overs (3 maiden overs) where he dismissed the Bangladeshi opener Litton Das too.
Aryan Dutt in this World Cup has taken 8 wickets with the ball and scored 54 runs with the bat respectively from six games so far.
