It's Hard To Look Past Tabraiz Shamsi As The Best Spinner In T20 World Cup Says Samuel Badree

Former West Indies leg-spinner Samuel Badree has said that it is hard for him to look past South Africa wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi as the best spinner going into the men's T20 World Cup in the U

The 40-year-old expressed his concern over the spin options of West Indies with leg-spinner Hayden Walsh Jr not at his best. "That said, if there's one area of the West Indies team that I'm worried about, it's the spin department. It's an area of shortcoming for them."

"They have the one frontline spinner, Hayden Walsh, who had an exceptional home series quite recently. He didn't have a good Caribbean Premier League and going into this tournament, his form is not the best and his confidence might not be the best. He is quality enough to do well in the tournament, but outside of him, there aren't any out-and-out spinners."

"Being able to take wickets throughout the innings is so important. If the power hitters like Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Andre Russell can get the team to over 200 runs consistently, that area of deficit can be ignored. But if we don't score those types of runs, the bowling will be found out and spin bowling in particular. Spin was a big strength of ours when we won the tournament in 2012 and 2016. We had Sunil Narine, Sulieman Benn and myself who could all use the new ball in any game," concluded Badree.