David Mathias

{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = David Mathias

| image =

| country = Bahrain

| fullname = David Keelan Mathias

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Karnataka, India

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Bowler

| international = true

| T20Idebutdate = 18 February

| T20Idebutyear = 2022

| T20Idebutagainst = Germany

| T20Icap = 23

| lastT20Idate = 21 November

| lastT20Iyear = 2022

| lastT20Iagainst = Saudi Arabia

| date = 27 November 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/420643.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

David Keelan Mathias (born 20 March 1991) is an Indian-born cricketer who represents the Bahrain national cricket team.

Mathias grew up in Bahrain where his father Richard Mathias was the director of youth cricket for the Bahrain Cricket Association. He attended Sacred Heart School in Isa Town and was also coached in the UAE by Tauseef Ahmed and Shahzad Altaf.{{cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/david-is-bahrains-budding-run-machine-1.343926|title=David is Bahrain's budding run machine|publisher=Gulf News|date=6 January 2003|access-date=21 February 2022|first=K.R.|last=Nayar}} At the age of 12, he represented Bahrain at the 2004 ACC Under-17 Cup in India.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/256/256806/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|title=Miscellaneous matches played by David Mathias|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 February 2022}}

Mathias has represented Karnataka in Indian domestic cricket.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/420643.html |title=David Mathias |access-date=25 October 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his first-class debut on 22 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/901765.html |title=Ranji Trophy, Group A: Karnataka v Haryana at Mysore, Oct 22-25, 2015 |access-date=25 October 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

In February 2022, Mathias was named in Bahrain's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CZjxJ-FIgej/ |title=The announcement you have all been waiting for was made last evening at the Gulf Hotel where the squad of the Bahrain National Cricket Team for the upcoming World T20 qualifiers was announced and the new jersey was unveiled |work=Cricket Bahrain (via Instagram) |access-date=4 February 2022}} He made his T20I debut on 18 February 2022 against Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1299569.html |title=4th Match, Group A, Al Amerat, Feb 18 2022, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 February 2022}}