[1] In 2001, he left his home town Saharanpur to Chandigarh to play cricket for Punjab.
He improved his game and started practicing in the Sector 16 Stadium under coach Harish Sharma.
Despite not getting a game in the 2011 IPL, when he finally got a chance in the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 in an injury ravaged Mumbai Indians side, he quickly grabbed it with a rapacious 45 off 21 balls versus South African franchise Cape Cobras with 3 fours and 5 sixes.
He was then looking for another six but was caught by Owais Shah off a Robin Peterson delivery near the boundary.
Kanwar has now started practising with Sunrise Cricket Academy under Jitendra Kumar.