India, Feb. 4 -- Led by Canada and USA, an army of more than three dozen Indian-origin cricketers will get to perform on the "home stage" when the T20 World Cup begins in India and Sri Lanka from February 7. For someone like Mumbai-born USA pacer Saurabh Netravalkar, playing against India at the Wankhede Stadium would mark a full circle moment. He could not go on to play for the country of his birth but is looking forward to an emotional return to the ground of his formative years.

Phagwara-born Italy pacer Jaspreet Singh too can't wait to play top-flight cricket in a country he left as a teenager. The Netherlands off-spinner Aryan Dutt was not born in India but he too relishes turning up in the country of his roots and where cricket is ...