The Mexican national cricket team represents Mexico in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2004.Mexico at CricketArchive.com Their international debut was in 2006 against Costa Rica. The team made their ICC Americas Championship debut in June 2010 and in 2011 participated in the ICC Americas Division 3 tournament in Costa Rica. Mexico has also participated in the South American Championship in 2014 and 2018, winning the title on both occasions. In 2017, they became an associate member of the ICC.
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.
History Mexico became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2004. Their first international match was played on 19 March 2006 in the Central American Cricket Championship against Costa Rica who they beat. Prior to this there had been teams based in Mexico City that had played against Belize but these were not recognised as international fixtures.Mexico City to host game with Belize at cricinfo.comIt's Hard to Belize, but the Mexico City Mariachis Host an 'International' at cricinfo.com Having beaten Costa Rica in the tournament they then lost to Belize finishing second.
In 2007, Mexico hosted the Central American Cricket Championship and won it by defeating Costa Rica and El Salvador.
In 2008, Mexico travelled to El Salvador to take part in the 2nd Easter Cup. They finished second, losing to Belize but winning easily against El Salvador.
Mexico took part in the 3rd Central American Championship in 2009 in Panama under the new Twenty20 format. Mexico performed well in the tournament, winning all but one of their matches and even defeating close rivals Belize in a close fought match. As a result, they finished 2nd in the tournament.
In 2011, Mexico competed in the ICC Division 3 Americas tournament in Costa Rica finishing in 4th place.ICC Americas Division 3 Table
In 2012, a youthful Mexico team participated in the 4th Volcano Cup in El Salvador finishing runners up to the hosts after defeating Guatemala.
2018-present In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Mexico and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.
Mexico played their first ever Twenty20 International match against Belize in the 2019 Central American Cricket Championship.
Grounds Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan Las Cabellerizas Cricket Ground, Dos Ríos, Mexico
Tournament history T20 Americas Sub-regional Qualifiers T20 World Cup Americas Sub-regional Qualifiers recordsHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2018Did not participate 2023 2024Round-robin6/982600 2026Round-robin4/461500 Total 0 Titles 2/4 14 3 11 0 0
South American Championship South American Cricket Championship recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1995Did not participate 1997 1999 2000 2002 2004 2007 2009 2011 2013 2014ChampionsRecords not available 2015Round-robin4/652300 2016Round-robin6/650500 2017Round-robin6/761500 2018Champions1/888000 2019Runners-up2/774300 2022Round-robin4/764200 2023Semi-finals4/852300 2024Play-offs4/841201 2025Champions1/654001 2026Qualified Total 3 Titles 11/20 51 26 23 0 2
Central American Championship Central American Championship recordsHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2001Did not participate 2006Runners-up2/321100 2007Champions1/3Records not available 2009Runners-up2/5Records not available 20153rd place3/6Records not available 2019Round-robin4/541300 2023Runners-up2/553200 2024Champions1/253200 2025Champions1/442101 2026Did not participate Total 3 Titles 8/10 20 10 9 0 1
Other tournaments ICC Americas Championship 2000–2008: Did not participate 2009-10 (Division four): Winners — promoted 2011 (Division three): 4th place
Current squad Updated as on 17 April 2025
This lists all the active players who played for Mexico in the 2025 Men's Central American Championship. Name Age Batting style Bowling style Last T20I Note(s) Batters Kashigoud Patil Right-handed 2025 Puneet Arora Right-handed Right-arm medium 2024 Rupesh Singh Left-handed Right-arm off break 2024 Anurag Tripathi Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Praveen Santhanakrishnan Right-handed 2025 Jagdeesh Umanath Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Sanjay Wagh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2025 All-rounders Shantanu Kaveri Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Captain Shashikant Laxman Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Vice-captain Revanakumar Ankad Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Devjani Mutreja Right-handed Right-arm medium 2025 Dhananjaya Panda Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025 Luis Hermida Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025 Wicket-keepers Rohit Poojary Right-handed 2025 Kaushal Kumar Right-handed 2025 Pace bowlers Yashvanth Jasti Left-handed Left-arm medium 2024 Pradeep Mohanarangam Right-handed Right-arm medium 2024 Shoaib Rafiq Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2024 Pratik Singh Bais Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2025
Records International match summary — Mexico
Last updated 8 August 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 44 18 25 0 1 25 April 2019
Twenty20 International Highest team total: 204/5 v Costa Rica on 2 April 2026 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan. Highest individual score: 73, Amir Butt v Costa Rica on 2 April 2026 at Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan. Best individual bowling figures: 6/14, Pratik Singh Bais v Costa Rica on 14 April 2024 at Los Reyes Polo Club, Guácima.
Most T20I runs for Mexico PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanShantanu Kaveri 506 18.07 2019–2026Dhananjaya Panda 273 21.00 2025–2026Praveen Santhanakrishnan 262 14.55 2024–2025Shashikant Laxman 253 10.54 2019–2026Jayanth Byrappa 248 20.66 2025–2026
Most T20I wickets for Mexico PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span Pratik Singh Bais 36 16.83 2023–2026Shoaib Rafiq 25 11.76 2023–2026Shashikant Hirugade 24 16.94 2019–2026Luis Hermida 20 15.15 2019–2025Dhananjaya Panda 19 17.68 2025–2026Revanakumar Ankad 19 18.05 2019–2025
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #4062. Last updated 8 August 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Associate Members 7 0 7 0 0 3 October 2019 1 0 1 0 0 16 December 2024 2 0 2 0 0 25 April 2019 1 0 1 0 0 10 December 2024 8 5 3 0 0 5 October 2019 5 October 2019 3 0 3 0 0 11 December 2024 2 1 1 0 0 4 October 2019 18 October 2023 9 7 2 0 0 26 April 2019 26 April 2019 5 0 4 0 1 27 April 2019 2 2 0 0 0 5 October 2019 5 October 2019 3 2 1 0 0 12 December 2024 12 December 2024 1 1 0 0 0 18 April 2025 18 April 2025
Other records For a list of selected international matches played by Mexico, see Cricket Archive.
See also List of Mexico Twenty20 International cricketers Mexico women's national cricket team
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References
Further reading Mexico Cricket Association Mexico all set for CAC 2019: ‘Cricket is one of the oldest modern sports here’ Cricket – The Mexico Way Mexico: Cricket in the Land of the Aztecs