The Italian National Cricket Team is the men's cricket group that represents the country of Italy in the arena of international cricket. Italy cricket team have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1995, but they were, have been the affiliate member of the International Cricket Council since 1984. Italian National cricket team played their first international cricket match against Denmark in 1989, but it ended in a draw. Italian cricket team competed in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE in 2013, their highest level of competition to date. Here are the top 10 best players of the Italy cricket team in T20I-
10. Gareth Berg
Gareth Kyle Berg was born on 18 January 1981. He is a South African-born English-Italian cricket player who plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Berg was named as the head coach of the Italian national cricket team in January 2021.
9. Michael Ross
Michael Ross was born on 24 April 1998 is an Italian cricket player who plays for the Italian national cricket team. Ross was the member of Italy's cricket group for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC Twenty20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.
8. Jamie Grassi
Jamie Brian Grassi was born on 9 October 1998 is an Irish cricket player who leads the Italy national cricket team. Jamie Grassi's father is Italian, and he successfully qualified to play for the Italy cricket team in 2021, after his three-year exclusion period had expired.
7. Nikolai Smith
Nikolai Smith is an Irish cricket player who plays for the Italian cricket team. He outstandingly qualifies as an Italian citizen with the help of his mother, who comes from Ottaviano.
6. Rehman Abdul
Rehman Abdul was born on 9 November 1996 is an Italian cricket player who plays for the Italian national team. He was named in Italy's national squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman in November 2019. He made his debut in List A cricket for the Italy cricket team against Jersey, on 6 December 2019.
5. Nicholas Maiolo
Nicholas Maiolo was born on 30 September 1994 is an Italian cricket player who plays for the Italian national team. He was named in Italy's cricket squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Germany in the Netherlands in May 2019. He made his first appearance in T20I for the Italy cricket team against Germany on 25 May 2019.
4. Grant Stewart
He is an Italian-Australian cricket player who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He made his first appearance in first-class cricket for Kent in September 2017 in the club's final County Championship match, having signed his first professional cricket contract at the end of August.
3. Gian-Piero Meade
Gian-Piero Meade was born on 19 March 1996 is an Italian cricket player. In 2016, he was part of the Italian cricket team in the ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in 2016. He was selected in Italy's cricket team for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Germany in 2019.
2. Manpreet Singh
Manpreet Singh was born on 9 January 1985 is an Italian cricket player. He played for Italy's cricket team in the ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in 2016. He made his first appearance in List A matches for Italy's squad against Kenya on 3 December 2019.
1. Joy Perera
He is of Sri-Lankan origin, but he gave his existence to the Italian national cricket team in July 2010. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman on the Italian national cricket team. Perera debuted for Italy at the European Championship in Jersey in 2010. He was honored with the captaincy of Italy's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman in 2019.
