T20 World Cup | Moova wants to keep his love for the game and coding going

Life is about balancing passion and profession for Canada’s wicketkeeper-batter Shreyas Moova.

The 32-year-old, born in Davangere in Karnataka moved to Montreal in 2016 for higher studies to study software engineering. There, he pursued cricket too, his passion, and broke into the national team, becoming the first from the Quebec region to do so.

He is enjoying the opportunity to play in the T20 showpiece and is keen to continue his job as a software professional even while continuing with cricket.

“I would love to do the software job after the World Cup and also cricket, as it is my passion,” said Moova on the eve of the Group D game against New Zealand at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium here.

Having played all his cricket in Davangere and Bengaluru, he took a break once his engineering was done and gave himself a chance to play for the Karnataka State team.

“After my engineering course, I took a one-year break to give myself one more chance to play for the State and took part in the zonals and probables matches,” said Moova.

Not being able to further his cricket ambitions in Karnataka, Moova turned his attention back to academics and headed to Montreal to study software engineering at Concordia University.

“It was my mom’s dream. She has a triple degree to her name. She motivated me and used to tell me where there is a will, there is a way. I was not good at studies. I just wanted to do it for her,” he said about the decision to focus on academics and shift base to Canada. Yet, he is keen to continue with his passion — cricket.