Tadiwanashe Marumani

Tadiwanashe Marumani is a top-order batter, who rose through the age groups in Zimbabwe cricket from Under-13s to Under-19s, then to the A side and now international cricket. Marumani's first stint in the Zimbabwe jersey was when he was picked for the 2020 Under-19 World Cup held in South Africa, where made 257 runs in six games at an average of 42.83 to finish as Zimbabwe's highest run-getter.

Marumani made his first-class debut for Rocks in March 2021. Barely a month later, he made his T20 debut for Rocks and recorded four half-centuries in his first five games. That led to him being picked for Zimbabwe's three-match T20I series against Pakistan a few days later, where he earned his first international cap. In July 2021, Marumani got his ODI cap in a three-match series against Bangladesh in Harare.

After two relatively lukewarm seasons with Rocks in the Logan Cup where he averaged 19.61, Marumani switched to Mashonaland Eagles ahead of the 2022-23 season and he immediately struck form. In his first season there, he scored 218 runs in five innings, averaging 54.50. He followed it up with his most successful season with 630 runs in 11 innings at 70.00 which included three fifties and two centuries. He notched up two more first-class hundreds in the next season.

While he is yet to make a mark in ODIs, Marumani is being groomed as an opener keeping the 2026 T20 World Cup in mind. Marumani played 18 T20Is in 2024, the most for him in a calendar year, as Sikandar Raza made a conscious effort to give youngsters long ropes. The move paid off for most of the year before tapering off towards the close. Marumani went on to lose his place in the T20I side for the tri-series against South Africa and New Zealand.

A reminder of his consistency and high ceiling came in the 2025 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition, where he topped the run-scoring charts with a strike rate of 162. He remains one of the bright prospects for Zimbabwe's opening slots alongside Brian Bennett.