6) Armed with a vast array of variations such as the top-spinner, googly and the flipper, Tabraiz possesses an air of mystery around him. South African spinner Imran Tahir was reportedly the one who taught him how to control the flipper.
7) Growing up in a busy urban area, Shamsi‘s ambition was to become a magician during his fun-filled childhood days. Despite being unable to make it to the stage, he has made up for it by confounding plenty of batsmen on the field.
8) Perhaps, due to South African cricket’s hesitancy to trust young spinners, Shamsi has not been able to break into the national team. When he found himself thrust into the final of a tournament after being sidelined previously, the wrist-spinner responded with a remarkable spell of 10-0-32-1 which included the wicket of the hard-hitting Richard Levi.
9) Quite active in social media, Shamsi has also dabbled in marketing as a student. The South African is known for performing unique celebrations after outfoxing batsmen for which he has publicly credited the West Indies cricketers.
10) Reveling in being a chinaman exponent which is a difficult art to master, Tabraiz has captured the interest of stalwarts such as RCB bowling coach Allan Donald who has warned rival teams to watch out for this unknown spinner.
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