Tahir feels the youngsters need to learn how to be successful in T20 cricket and also spoke about the importance of leg-spinners in any team.
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South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir has been in good touch, taking four wickets in four matches for the Dambulla Giants in the ongoing season of the Lanka Premier League. Tahir revealed that he enjoys sharing his knowledge with the youngsters in the competition. “I get a lot of joy from sharing my knowledge with youngsters. If they come and ask me something, then I feel it’s my duty to share my knowledge with them and I want to make a difference,” Imran Tahir added, as per a press release.
“The Lanka Premier League has provided a great platform for the local talent to showcase their skills. Players like Wanindu Hasaranga has gone on to become one of the most sought-after players in franchise leagues around the world,” said the leg-spinner, who has taken 424 wickets in 338 T20 matches.
Tahir added that the youngsters need to learn how to be successful in T20 cricket. He explained: “The youngsters need to know how one can bowl really well in the T20 format by using pace, variations and different grips. We’ve got some really talented off-spinners and they bowl really well and we’ve got leg-spinners in our team as well. I am trying to help them as much as I can.”
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The South African also spoke about the importance of leg-spinners in a cricket team. “The art of leg-spin is a very exciting part of cricket. A leg-spinner can pick up two-three wickets in the middle and that’s very effective. Each team needs to have a good crop of leg-spinners as they are seen as the game changers,” Imran Tahir stated.
“Even if you look at the top T20I bowlers in the ICC rankings, it’s dominated by leg-spinners. The top five in the list – Wanindu Hasaranga, Tabraiz Shamsi, Adam Zampa, Adil Rashid and Rashid Khan – are all leg-spinners. The game of cricket has changed over the years and it’s great to see leg-spinners performing well all over the world,” said Tahir.
Meanwhile, Dambulla Giants’ leg-spinner Madushan Ravichandrakumar stated that he is looking to learn a lot from Imran Tahir during the Lanka Premier League, “He is my role model. When I used to watch his matches, I used to eagerly wait for him to come on to bowl to learn from him,” Imran Tahir explained.
“He has a lot of variations such as leg-spin, googly, flipper, top spin and his own kind of variations so I am trying to learn those from him. He opens his heart and he is always honest with his bowling and he is a great person to learn from. He’s a good mentor.”
The eighth match of the Lanka Premier League between Dambulla Giants and Galle Gladiators was called off following incessant rain on Friday. Galle Gladiators scored 18/0 in 1.2 overs in reply to Dambulla Giants’ total of 159/7 before the match was abandoned. Both teams picked up one point each from the game.
The Dambulla Giants Captain Dasun Shanaka and Ramesh Mendis were the highlights of their team’s batting card. Shanaka played an innings of 37 runs from 32 balls, laced with 3 boundaries and 1 six, while Mendis notched 33 runs from 23 balls. He struck 2 boundaries and 1 six.
Left-arm chinaman Noor Ahmad was the pick of the bowlers for the Galle Gladiators with figures of 2/24 in his four overs. Nuwan Thushara also took two wickets for the Gladiators.
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