He comes from the same city as Shoaib Akhtar, but then Sohail Tanvir is not as flamboyant as his fellow fast bowler. When it came to the IPL auctions, Tanvir was 'bought' by Team Jaipur for less than a third of what Kolkata Knight Riders spent on the Rawalpindi Express. Read how our blogger
However, at almost the half-way stage of the IPL, this lanky, soft-spoken left-armer has already created waves. Akhtar has yet to make an appearance.
There's one more thing that binds these two pacers. Tanvir walked in to replace Akhtar in the Pakistan T20 World Cup squad after the latter was thrown out for striking teammate Mohammad Asif with a bat.
Tanvir proved that T20 is not just a batsman's game when he shattered the famed Team Chennai batting line-up here on Sunday to wrest a remarkably easy win for his side. Tanvir, like Aussie all-rounder Shane Watson, had been picked up in the second round of auctions, and that too at a relatively low price of $100,000.
