Shabnim Ismail Religion: Does She Follow Muslim Faith? Family And Ethnicity

Lots of people are concerned regarding the Shabnim Ismail religion. The South African cricketer debuted in January 2007 for the national women’s team. She is a right-handed fast bowler and a left-handed batsman.

Ismail is recognized as one of the fastest female bowlers in the world. She is South Africa’s all-time leading wicket-taker in both Twenty-20 International and One Day International formats.

Her top bowling speed reached 128 kilometers per hour (80 mph).

The cricketer has been featured in ICC World Twenty20 on eight occasions in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2023.

In her early career, she was a second-change bowler. However, she became a frontline bowler leading the bowling attack later in her career. 

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What is Shabnim Ismail Religion? Does She Follow Muslim Faith?

Now for the question all of you have been waiting for. The famous cricketer’s religion has come into consideration for many fans and the Internet.

The cricketer follows Muslim traditions and religion. She is the only Muslim woman to play in International Cricket for South Africa.

She widely read many cricket books, and one day while playing football with the boys in her regular playing spot, a woman approached her asking if she played cricket.

In 2015, she won the CSA Women’s Cricketer of the Year award at the South Africa Cricket Awards ceremony.

In the same year, in the annual South African Sports award, she was also nominated as a finalist at the annual South African Sports award for South Africa Sportswoman of the Year.

As of 2023, the amazing cricket player is estimated to have a net worth of $2.5 million.

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Shabnim Ismail Family

The cricketer was born in Cape Town and raised by her parents and family in Cravenby, a part of the suburb of Parow east of Cape Town’s city center.

She has seven siblings and is the youngest of them all. The parents of the cricketer moved from India to South Africa.

She played cricket, soccer, and many other sports in the streets of Cravenby as it is a sporting mad town.

She played with her brothers, cousin Yaseen Vallie (a Western Province cricket team member and former national Under-19 player), and many other children from the street.

She has also played with Vernon Philander and Beuran Hendricks, Internation cricket players from South Africa.

Talking about relationship goals, she doesn’t have any. Her sexuality is also a concern for many people because she isn’t seen with many men but with women.

She hasn’t discussed it over media; however, on her Instagram, we can see her with Trisha Chetty, a fellow South African Cricket player.

Shabnim Ismail Ethnicity Explored

Shabnim Ismail was born on 5th October 1988 in Cape town, South Africa, and is 34 years old today.

However, her parents and family members are descendants of India and belong to the Indian ethnicity.

As mentioned before, the cricketer hasn’t revealed a lot of information when it comes to her family and parents and even her ethnicity.

The 34 years old remembers her mother and grandfather driven when it came to sports. Both of them encouraged her to play and watch cricket.

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