#2 Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa)
It’s been a while since cricket fans have seen a quality left arm chinaman bowler. There are plenty of names being thrown around – India’s Kuldeep Yadav was endorsed by Ravi Shastri recently – but only one has risen through the domestic ranks to make an international debut, and that is Tabraiz Shamsi.
Shamsi became a household name in India when he was snapped up by RCB to replace Samuel Badree in the 2016 IPL season, and his fun loving attitude and the courage to give the ball flight made him stand out in a format unforgiving for spinners.
Shamsi has already played 68 first class matches, and on the juicy, pacer friendly tracks of Johannesburg, he has emerged unscathed, with a scarcely believable career best of 13/120. He also has eleven 4 wicket hauls and eighteen five-wicket hauls in his kitty already.
His team-mate Kagiso Rabada was certainly South Africa’s find of the year in 2015, and one hopes that Shamsi can weave a similar web around batsmen in a packed calendar year for South Africa. With Australia’s travails against spin well exposed by now, Shamsi has a serious opportunity to become a regular in the playing XI for the Proteas.
Upcoming fixtures: Tri-series in West Indies, Tour of Australia in November, Hosting a series v Sri Lanka in December
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