Right-arm fast bowler Kyle has only played three international matches for the Netherlands so far, making his debut in February earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Saqib will be returning to T20I cricket after almost five years since he last played in the format in August 2019. Despite his hiatus from T20Is, he has been active in the ODI set-up and was part of the Netherlands squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
The 27-year-old has made 21 appearances for the Dutch national team and brings valuable experience and leg-spin versatility to the Dutch bowling attack.
squad: Aryan Dutt, Bas de Reid, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Saquib Zulfikar, Scott Edwards, Cybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Baresi.
The Netherlands are currently busy preparing for the T20 World Cup, playing three consecutive T20I matches against Scotland and Ireland domestically.
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They will play two warm-up matches, first against Sri Lanka (May 28) and then Canada (May 30), before their tournament opener against Nepal in Dallas on May 4. They have been placed in Group D with South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.
