T20 World Cup 2021: South Africa's strongest predicted playing XI for the tournament

The current number 1 ranked T20I bowler in the world, Tabraiz Shamsi has been fantastic over the past few weeks and has been immensely capitalizing on his form. Due to Imran Tahir’s constant presence, he didn’t get many opportunities in the initial stages of his career but after he got a series of opportunities, he has made sure to cement his place in the team. 

He has played 39 T20Is and taken 45 wickets at an economy just below 6.8 runs per over, an outstanding economy in T20Is, especially for a wrist spinner. This goes to show his game awareness and control he has on his skill. He was the highest wicket-taker for South Africa in the recently concluded tour of West Indies where the Proteas won an enthralling T20I series by 3-2. The West Indian batsmen struggled to take him on in that series. 

He is a smart bowler as he tosses the ball away from the batsman’s arc which makes it difficult for the batsman to hit sixes. He also has a great googly which is difficult to pick from the hand. If the pitches start to spin in the UAE, don’t be surprised if Shamsi’s name is on the list of the top wicket-takers of this year’s T20 WC.