HYDERABAD: Fast and furious is Shabnam's mantra in life. The 15-year-old pacer from Visakhapatnam got to play only two games in the U-19 T20 World Cup, which India won, but the tall and well-built teenager has all the qualities to bloom into a world class player.
Until 2021, she was playing at the district-level, but things turned that season. She represented the state for the first time in the 2021-22 season and caught the imagination with her ability to bowl at 110 kph. She was drafted into the India U-19 squad for the New Zealand home series and soon found a berth in the World Cup squad – at 15 she was one of the youngest in the Indian squad. Shabnam clocks 116 kph now and with experience, she is bound to become a better bowler.
