Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara mai zuwa, an kira Malhotra zuwa tawagar 'yan wasan Kanada na ƙasa da 20 don gasar zakarun duniya ta matasa ta 1998, da aka gudanar a Finland. Shi ne ɗan wasa na biyu mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin ƙungiyar, bayan Vincent Lecavalier. Malhotra ba shi da ma'ana a wasanni bakwai yayin da Kanada ta ci nasara a wasan kusa da na karshe da Rasha, 2-1. A shekara mai zuwa, ba shi da damar shiga gasar yayin da yake wasa a NHL tare da Rangers. Duk da haka, a shekara ta 2000
, ƙungiyar Rangers ta ba da rance ga Team Canada, saboda har yanzu yana da cancanta a matsayin ƙarami. A matsayinsa na kyaftin din kungiyar, ya zira kwallaye biyu a wasanni bakwai a gasar, wanda aka gudanar a Sweden. Kanada ta sami lambar tagulla, ta doke Amurka 4 × 3 a wasan harbi.