South Africa team announcement postponed (Photo-PTI)

Before the start of the Women's T20 World Cup, the South African team has come into the limelight. Actually, South Africa was to announce its squad for the T20 World Cup, which has now been postponed. It is being told that South Africa's squad was to be announced on Monday but a few minutes before that it was decided to postpone it. Shabnim Ismail is being considered the main reason for postponing the announcement of the team. According to reports, retired fast bowler Shabnim Ismail wants to make a comeback and the head coach of South Africa wants to include her in the team.

Will Shabnim Ismail return to the South African team?

According to the report of ESPNcricinfo, retired fast bowler Shabnim Ismail is ready for selection and head coach Mandla Mashimbi wants to include her in the team. Let us tell you that Shabnim Ismail has not played international cricket for three years. Ismail retired after the T20 World Cup in 2023, but she is playing league cricket.

Shabnim Ismail's return will be beneficial

If Shabnim Ismail is selected, it will strengthen the bowling unit of South Africa. South Africa's pace bowling attack is dependent on Marizanne Kapp and she too has been out of action since February due to illness. Cap, who was recovering from injury, could not play in the series against New Zealand and India. It is expected that she will be fit for the T20 World Cup. The selection of his wife, former captain Dane van Niekerk, is not certain yet. This player also returned from retirement last year.

Shabnim Ismail's career

Talking about Shabnim Ismail, this player has taken 123 wickets in 113 T20 matches. His economy rate is only 5.7 runs per over. She is also the player who bowls the fastest ball in women's cricket. In the Women's Premier League held in 2024, this player covered 132.1 km. History was created by throwing the ball at the speed of one hour.

Anoop Dev Singh

I am a resident of Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. I am very fond of sports since childhood. Especially cricket which is also called the religion of this country. Did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya. In the year 2006, he obtained a degree in Hindi Journalism from Delhi University and after that he entered the field of media and made sports news his profession. Got the first job of my career in Network 18 Group. I started with IBN7 news channel where I played a long innings of five years. After this worked with big national channels like India TV, News Nation. In 2016, he stepped into digital media and Zee Network gave him this opportunity. Worked with Cricket Country for a year and then returned to Network 18. News 18 Hindi website brought every sports news to the readers for 4 years. Now I am with TV9. Not only cricket, I deliver every sports news to you in a new style and new style.

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