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Sohail Tanvir
Pakistani Cricketer Sohail Tanvir gets Australian Visa and is coming to South Australia
The Australian High Commission Islamabad issued a three months visa to Pakistan’s fast bowler Sohail Tanvir who has signed a short-term agreement with South Australia for the current season. Sohail is in Karachi and would leave for Australia on Friday, 26 December 2008 and according to the agreement he would take part in five Twnety20 matches. The Pakistan Cricket Board already granted permission to Sohail Tanvir for joining South Australian team .
Sohail Tanvir
Sohail Tanvir was born on
12 December 1984 in Rawalpindi. He created a name for himself in his early years
as a street cricketer of Rawalpindi and was known in the close circle as "Sohail
Kukree. On 11th March 2008, Sohail Tanvir was signed up in the second round of
the Indian Premier League's players' auction by the Jaipur franchise, Rajasthan
Royals, for $100,000.
Playing in his third match of tournament, on May 4, Tanvir took a match-winning
six wickets against the Chennai Super Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium,
Jaipur. His figures of 4-0-14-6 are a record for Twenty20 cricket. He ended the
tournament as the highest wicket-taker, with 22 wickets from 11 matches at an
average of 12.09, an economy rate of 6.46 and a strike rate of 11.20, the best
among bowlers with more than six wickets.
In the final of tournament, on June 1 at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in
Mumbai, with Rajasthan chasing 164 to win, Tanvir added 21 runs along with
captain Shane Warne. He hit the winning runs of the final ball of the innings,
to see the Royals home. He was later presented with the "Purple Cap", an award
for the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. A statistical analysis conducted
by Cricinfo after the conclusion of the league stage of the tournament rated
Tanvir as the most successful player. He was also rated as the second best value
player of the tournament, having been signed on for $100,000.
On March 11, 2008, Tanvir was signed up in the second round of the Indian
Premier League's players' auction by the Jaipur franchise, Rajasthan Royals, for
$100,000.Playing in his third match of tournament, on May 4, Tanvir took a
match-winning six wickets against the Chennai Super Kings at the Sawai Mansingh
Stadium, Jaipur. His figures of 4-0-14-6 are a record for Twenty20 cricket. He
ended the tournament as the highest wicket-taker, with 22 wickets from 11
matches at an average of 12.09, an economy rate of 6.46 and a strike rate of
11.20, the best among bowlers with more than six wickets.
In the final of tournament, on June 1 at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in
Mumbai, with Rajasthan chasing 164 to win, Tanvir added 21 runs along with
captain Shane Warne. He hit the winning runs of the final ball of the innings,
to see the Royals home.[ He was later presented with the "Purple Cap", an award
for the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. A statistical analysis conducted
by Cricinfo after the conclusion of the league stage of the tournament rated
Tanvir as the most successful player. He was also rated as the second best value
player of the tournament, having been signed on for $100,000.[
International Career
An all-rounder, he is a
hard-hitting left-handed batsman and left-arm fast-medium bowler who also bowls
occasional left-arm orthodox spin. Despite not having taken a single wicket
during his ten Twenty20 matches domestically, he was selected for Pakistan's
squad for the inaugural World Twenty20 after Shoaib Akhtar was sent home. He
made his Twenty20 debut in the tournament, and took six wickets in six matches,
with best bowling figures of 3 for 31 in four overs against Australia. Though
considered an all-rounder, Tanvir did not get a chance to bat in the tournament
until the final, where he made his first international runs, with a six off his
first ball, aiding Pakistan back into the game.
After impressing in the ICC World Twenty20, he was selected to play in the ODI
series against South Africa in October, 2007. He was then selected for the tour
of India, and took eight wickets in the ODI series. He also took part in the
Test series that followed, making his debut in place of the injured Umar Gul. On
debut at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Dehli, he took three wickets which included
Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. In Asia Cricket Cup, June 2008, Pakistan played
their first game against Hong Kong at Karachi. In that match, Pakistan's top
order was badly ripped by Hong Kong bowlers before Sohail Tanvir set up a 100
run stand along with Fawad Alam for the 8th wicket. Sohail scored his maiden ODI
50 in that match. He scored 59 off just 55 balls which took Pakistan to a
respectable score of 288. After that, in the match vs. Sri Lanka, Tanvir took
his first 5 wickets haul. He ended at 5/48 in 10 overs. In Australia, Sohail
Tanvir would take part in five matches.
