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Tristan Stubbs (Image Credit : Twitter)
In the last few months, South Africa's rising star Tristan Stubbs has been having a great time. Early this year, he did well on the A tour of Zimbabwe. His performance caught the eye of the Mumbai franchise from the Indian T20 League. It is to be noted that they were looking for a replacement for Tymal Mills. The left-arm pacer was injured and had been ruled out for the rest of the tournament.
Stubbs came in at a time when the team was ruled out of the playoffs spot. He did play two games and scored as many runs. During the Proteas tour of India, the right-hander made his international debut but didn't in the two games he played. However, in the first T20I against England on July 27, the 21-year-old walked out to bat for the first time at the highest level.
The wicketkeeper batter impressed the fans with an explosive 72 off just 28 balls including eight sixes and two fours batting at number six. His side was chasing a daunting target of 235 runs and was tottering at 86/4 in 9.4 overs when Tristan came out to bat. The former South Western district U13 player entertained everyone with the bat but didn't have any support from the other end to win the game.
The Green Brigade was restricted to 193/8, losing the game by 41 runs. Apart from Reeza Hendricks (57), none of the visiting team batters could create any impact in a run chase like this. Overall, apart from Hendricks and Stubbs, the entire team had a bad day. While bowling, only Lungi Ngidi created an impact with a five-wicket haul. Apart from him, everyone got whacked. Notably, Stubbs also bowled one over and was hit for 20 runs.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai fan club, which supported the team this year despite them finishing last in the points table, is happy with the performance of the play. They feel that the future of the five-time winners are in safe hands.
This is how Twitter reacted
Dewald Brevis
Tristan Stubbs
Tilak Varma
Tim DavidOur future superstar π₯
Future of Mumbai Indians is in safe hands π @mipaltan πβ Jyranβ (@Jyran45) July 27, 2022
β Jyranβ (@Jyran45) July 27, 2022
Woke up to this starboy Tristan Stubbs π pic.twitter.com/tgInozWV73
β R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) July 28, 2022
50* off 19 balls by Tristan Stubbs π₯
He became Youngest SA player to Score T20I Half Century (21yr 347d)
MI π pic.twitter.com/QA0JIs6Njv
β πΊπππππ (@Shebas_10dulkar) July 27, 2022
Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs and Sanjay Yadav
This is some scary batting lineup. Mumbai Indians have truly built a team for the future.
β Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla) July 27, 2022
Tristan Stubbs!#ENGvSA pic.twitter.com/UK8Mc1eUhe
β RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) July 28, 2022
Tristan Stubbs warmed up for this series by playing for the Reliance side against county second XIs. 4 sixes in his first 11 balls tonight https://t.co/XNnpPawEGT
β Matt Roller (@mroller98) July 27, 2022
Dewald brevis 19 years
Tilak Verma 19 years
Tristan Stubbs 21 years
Ishan Kishan 24 years
Tim David 26 yearsI was always ready to take one failure among years of success. I'm in love with the mi scouting π
β Virat fan (@honest_kohli) July 28, 2022
Tristan Stubbs Mayhem here... Mumbai Indians talent scouting is unmatchable compared to other IPL teams. Enough of Pollord in IPL now ππ pic.twitter.com/T8Oe1JUYFy
β Mohanty Babu nka Pua (@mohanty_hardhik) July 27, 2022
When u realise that MI sacrificed 1 year just to comeback so strong next year with a team to rule again this decade ! Their Talent Scouting is just π€―
π΄Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Sanjay Yadav, Tilak Verma...Ramandeep, Sams also performed lately...and then Jofraπ€― pic.twitter.com/WyPfOL7Y8g
β Shantanu (@Shantanu630) July 28, 2022
π₯ Tristan Stubbs pic.twitter.com/0hguGVjYT2
β Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) July 28, 2022