Tahir awaits World Cup glory with Proteas
Proteas spinner Imran Tahir has featured in four limited-overs World Cup and has seen his team getting knocked out twice in the semi-finals. The ICC World Cup 2019 is just a year away and the leg-spinner thinks that South Africa is capable of winning the tournament with the kind of players it has.
Tahir said, “I always have a belief and I have been saying that for the last three or four World Cups I have been honored to play.
“It was just my dream to play international cricket but never thought I was going to play four World Cups so I am grateful to South Africa for giving me the opportunity.
“I always say that and that's the belief I have [that we can win the World Cup] with the team we have and the players we have.”
Imran Tahir is currently playing for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and will join Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL later this year. He has some wonderful memories of playing in the Caribbean as the 39-year-old was the leading wicket-taker there in a tri-series against Australia and West Indies in 2016.
He said, “I have been there once and I really enjoyed it. It's spinning friendly so no complaints.
“Beautiful islands and people are very nice. I just had a really good time and I’m really looking forward to my second trip.
“Whatever is thrown at you I think you just have to adjust to the conditions, sometimes you are lucky sometimes you aren't. Most of the time wherever you play in the world you don't get spinning friendly pitches.
“In Guyana you think that you're going to get a spin friendly pitch, you're going to do well. But for me that's part of the challenge because people's expectations are high and they are looking for that.
“As a spinner you have to do really well but for me it's another great challenge. I think the conditions don't really matter these days because guys are very smart and play a lot of different shots, but it will be a little bit helpful and as I said before it will be a challenge for me."
