Keemo Paul

From there the young Caribbean side kept winning and went on to lift the Under-19 World Cup for the first time. Paul made a solid contribution to that title run, collecting 7 wickets and 166 runs with the bat. Among those runs was the shot that won the tournament for his team.

The controversy alone was not what made people notice him; his all-round ability earned recognition as well. Paul came up through age-group cricket in Guyana, and he looks to fellow Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul as a source of inspiration. He went on to make his senior West Indies debut in both ODIs and T20Is. When the squad for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers was first announced he was not in it, but he was later brought in to replace Sheldon Cottrell.

Zimbabwean supporters had not forgotten the junior World Cup dismissal. When Paul faced Zimbabwe at the qualifiers, the crowd jeered him each time he was handed the ball. Since his debut he has moved in and out of the West Indies side. He is regarded as a gifted fast bowler, yet the challenge before him is to turn that promise into steady performances if he is to become a fixture in the Test and ODI teams.