Oshane Thomas is a right-arm fast bowler from West Indies. He was born on 18th February 1997 in Clarendon parish Jamaica. The place is also famous for its violence and frequent killings. Oshane Thomas did not have an easy childhood. He also used to witness violence every day and had seen his 16-year old brother shot and killed in front of his eyes when he was only 11 years old. Still, Thomas, overcoming violence and strife, established himself finally as a cricketer.

The fast bowler was noticed first by Chris Gayle at the nets when Thomas, studying in high school, was bowling at nets. That was 2016. Gayle was impressed by the bowling of Thomas and his recommendation helped him to become selected for Jamaica Tallawahs and having played in for only two matches that year Thomas drew attention. He participated in the semifinal and the final in the next year and his big gain was bowling Chris Gayle out for a duck. Gayle was representing St. Kitts Patriots in Caribbean Premier League.

Oshan Thomas made his debut in first-class cricket in 2016-17 in Regional Four-Day competition against the Windward Islands and scalped 2 wickets from 7 overs giving away 26 runs at an economy rate of 3.71. In the first-class game, Thomas has participated in 9 matches so far and bagged 17 wickets at the cost of 695 runs while his best show in the first-class game is 3 for 66 runs. Thomas had his maiden appearance for Jamaica in the List 'A' cricket in 2017 against the Leeward Islands but he was not able to pick up a single wicket in his 5 overs giving away 43 runs. In the List ‘A’ cricket Thomas has gathered 57 wickets from his 39 matches including his best show of 5 for 21.

Oshane Thomas was called up in the senior West Indies squad against India in 2018. He participated in the 1st One-Day International (ODI) of the West Indies tour to India in Guwahati. But in his maiden ODI Thomas was able to bag only one wicket but conceded huge 83 runs from his 9 overs at the economy rate of 9.22. Thomas, playing in 20 ODIs so far has been able to pick up only 27 wickets at the cost of 866 runs.

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Thomas made is IPL debut for the RR - Rajasthan against KKR - kolkata on April 2019. He has played only 4 matches so far.

During the West Indies tour of India in the same 2018, Oshane Thomas made his debut in the T20 International in Kolkata. India won the match by 5 wickets but Thomas earned some respect by scalping 2 wickets for 21 runs from 4 overs at an economy rate of 5.25. However, Thomas has participated in 15 T20 International matches so far and captured 18 wickets at the cost of 445 runs. Otherwise, Thomas has bagged 56 wickets from 42 T20 matches at an economy rate of 9.17 with his best figure of 5 for 28 so far.

Journey of a cricketer from nightmarish childhood to steadiness.