South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi (L) and South Africa’s captain Aiden Markram celebrate the dismissal of West Indies’ Sherfane Rutherford during the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight cricket match between West Indies and South Africa at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda on June 23, 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Tabraiz Shamsi hit back at critics who consistently complained about his performances, saying it was unfair considering most of them are ex-players who themselves know how tough international cricket is.
Shamsi, who has been a horses-for-courses selection throughout the T20 World Cup, bounced back from his searching 1/50 experience against the United States on 19 June to take 3/27 in South Africa’s narrow three-wicket win over the West Indies on Monday morning.
The win allowed South Africa to qualify for their first T20 World Cup semi-final in 10 years as group winners and eliminated co-hosts West Indies in the process.
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