Sportskeeda Cricket Awards 2016: T20I team of the year

#9 Imran Tahir – South Africa

Nobody celebrates as exuberantly as Imran Tahir does in world cricket

The South African leggie perfectly compliments Ravi Ashwin and the duo would be deadly as the spin kings of the team. 2016 did not end the way the South Africans would have wanted, failing to perform well in the World T20 with a supremely talented squad.

For Tahir, it was a fabulous year. He took nearly two-wickets-a-game while conceding just over 6 runs per over, quite a feat for a leg-spinner. His best performance came at Cape Town where the English had no answer to his trickery and lost 4 wickets to him.

Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
9	16	14.68	6.52