IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals Sign South African Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi

Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday roped in South Africa’s left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi for the rest of 2021 season of the Indian Premier League that’s scheduled to be held within the UAE from September 19. Shamsi, the world no. 1 ranked T20I bowler in ICC rankings, can be becoming a member of the Royals squad as their second alternative participant. The 31-year-old from Johannesburg made his worldwide debut for South Africa throughout a bilateral T20I sequence towards England in 2017. The left-arm leg spinner has since picked up 45 wickets in 39 T20Is, together with 32 wickets in 27 ODIs for South Africa.

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The world’s No.1 T20I bowler will symbolize the Royals in UAE. #IPL2021 | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | @shamsi90 pic.twitter.com/TDGIaW9gNJ

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) August 25, 2021

Within the IPL, Shamsi has performed 4 matches wherein he picked up 3 wickets for Royals Challengers Bangalore, who had recruited him as a alternative participant in the course of the 2016 season.

In the meantime, Australian pacer Andrew Tye, who had left for residence amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the course of the first part of the IPL, mentioned he will not be obtainable for the rest of the season.

“It’s with nice remorse that I’ve to drag out of the rest of the IPL 2021 with the Rajasthan Royals,” Tye mentioned in a launch issued by the franchise.

“It has been a protracted yr for me which has saved me away from residence for a prolonged interval, and the frustration of not making it to the World Cup squad has added to the dismay.”

“Due to this fact, preserving my greatest pursuits in thoughts, I needed to make this powerful choice of staying at residence and making ready myself mentally and bodily for subsequent yr’s T20 World Cup.”

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“I confirmed that I will not be capable to rejoin the Royals household this yr, however like all of the followers on the market, I can be cheering the group on.”

Liam Livingstone was the opposite RR participant who had flown again to England citing bio-bubble fatigue in April. Rajasthan Royals are at the moment positioned fifth within the factors desk with three wins and 4 losses out of the seven video games.