7 Best debutants of the World T20

The World T20 2016 saw some of the new superstars make their name on the biggest stage of them all. Some performed admirably in the whole tournament while some debutants sparkled in an innings and left the world looking forward to their next big exploits. While most of them are young and new to international cricket, there is also a veteran who was outstanding in his WT20 debut. Here are the best debutants in this World T20: 1. Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh): Bangladesh cricketer Mustafizur Rahman. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Bangladesh’s left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman made every cricketing fan stand up and take notice in his debut ODI series against India in 2015, where he singlehandedly defeated India 2-1 in a three-match series for the first time. In this World T20, Mustafizur came in with an injury he picked up in Asia Cup T20, but he got fit just in time, as Taskin Ahmed was banned for a suspect action. Mustafizur came back into the team and against New Zealand, returned the figures of 5/22 in 4 overs in Kolkata. He picked up 9 wickets in total in the tournament and did justice to his immense talent. 2. Jason Roy (England): DELHI, INDIA – MARCH 30: Jason Roy of England celebrates his half century during the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Semi-Final match between England and New Zealand at The Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on March 30, 2016 in Delhi, India. (Photo by Jan Kruger-IDI/IDI via Getty Images) Jason Roy was drafted into the English team last year as ECB tried to revamp the team according to the modern day form of limited overs cricket. Roy is a well known big hitting opener in English county. His best came in the most crunch match against New Zealand in the semi-final at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. England was chasing 154 to win, batting second on the Kotla pitch and Roy decided to blast his team out of trouble with 78 off 44 balls. This helped England to defeat New Zealand and move to the finals. 3. David Willey (England): David Willey of England. (© Julian Finney/Getty Images) Left-arm seamer David Willey impressed everyone with his ability to bowl exceptionally well in the death overs in the NatWest blast. He was quickly drafted into the English team and made his debut in this World T20 after a brilliant series against New Zealand and South Africa. Willey picked up 10 wickets in this tournament with the best of 3/20 at an average of 15.50 and an economy of 7.57. Willey is indeed a brilliant T20 bowler and will feature in more matches for England in upcoming series. Stats and records from the WT20 2016 – ICC World Twenty20 2016 in numbers 4. Jasprit Bumrah (India): India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand batsman Corey Anderson during the World T20 cricket tournament match between India and New Zealand at The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on March 15, 2016. (Photo by PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images) India finally found a bowler who could bowl yorkers and get them the economic overs at the death in Jasprit Bumrah. Though Bumrah picked up only 5 wickets in the World T20 2016, he definitely impressed by his ability to bowl yorkers at a considerable pace in the death overs and no one will forget the inswinging yorker he bowled to get rid of the dangerous Chris Gayle in the semi-final of the World T20 2016. 5. Mitchell Santner (New Zealand): NAGPUR, INDIA – MARCH 15: Mitchell Santner of New Zealand celebrates taking the wicket of Rohi Sharma of India with Ross Taylor of New Zealand during the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Group 2 match between New Zealand and India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on March 15, 2016 in Nagpur, India. (Photo by Christopher Lee-IDI/IDI via Getty Images) New Zealand also found a brilliant all-rounder in Mitchell Santner in the 2015 limited overs series against England. Santner is an aggressive left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spinner. He showed his class against India in the opening match of the World T20 at Nagpur. Defending a total of around 120, New Zealand dismissed India for 78 runs with Santner taking 4/11 in the match. He took a total of 10 wickets in the World T20 at an economy of just 6.11 runs per over. 6. Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies): KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL – APRIL 03: Carlos Brathwaite of the West Indies celebrates hitting the winning runs during the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Final match between England and West Indies at Eden Gardens on April 3, 2016 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) Carlos Brathwaite will always be remembered for his four sixes off Ben Stokes in the final over of the World T20 final, when 19 runs was required by the West Indies to win the title. Brathwaite who had already picked up 3 wickets with the ball went on to hit 6,6,6,6 on the first four balls to win the match and the World T20 title for his team. Brathwaite was picked for the West Indies team after some spectacular showing in the Caribbean Premier League and he was also picked up by IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils for INR 4.2 crores. 7. Ashish Nehra (India): Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra (C) celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Mithun during a Twenty20 cricket match between India and Bangladesh for the Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament at The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on February 24, 2016. AFP PHOTO/Munir uz ZAMAN / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images) One of the most surprising facts of the World T20 2016 was that Indian left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra who made his international debut for India in 1999, made his World T20 debut for India 17 years after. Nehra made a comeback into the Indian team in 2015, after a strong show in that year’s IPL. He had last played for India in the semi-finals of the World Cup 2011 against Pakistan, where he had injured his hand and missed the finals due to the injury. 36-year-old Nehra picked up 5 wickets in the tournament but impressed one and all with his ability to get early breakthroughs as well as his death bowling. Especially against the West Indies in the semi-finals where he gave away just 25 runs and picked up 1 wicket in the defeat, where his fellow bowlers went for 43 and 48 runs respectively. It also earned him a place in the ICC team of the World T20 2016. Who were the players picked in the ICC WT20 team? – Analysis: ICC World T20 2016 team of the tournament

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