Mohammed Shami is an Indian national cricket player who represents Team India in the Test format. He hails from a remote village in Uttar Pradesh and moved to Kolkata after his talent was observed by various pundits of the game. Shami has represented Kolkata in the Ranji Trophy level and his outstanding performances with the ball earned him his maiden call from the BCCI to sport the Indian jersey. Shami hails from Jonagar Bengal and was born on 9 March 1990. He has been a Team India representative since 2013 in the ODI format and has excelled with the red ball in the longest format of the game.
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IND vs SA 1st T20I: Mohammed Shami has been rested from the India's T20I series against South Africa and BCCI earlier today gave the confirmation that Shami will not take part in the T20I series against South Africa as the pacer is yet to attain full recovery.
After testing positive for COVID, Shami's participation in the South Africa will be dependent on his recovery from the infection.
T20 World Cup: Former India player Dilip Vengsarkar has voiced his opinion on the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup, as he would have selected Mohammed Shami, Umran Malik and Shubman Gill
Along with the primary 15-member squad, four standby players also made it to the list of T20 World Cup team.
T20 World Cup Squad: Mohammed Shami has been kept as a stand-by for the T20 World Cup as BCCI made a bold selection
T20 World Cup Squad: The Indian selectors will face a tough task in selcting the fial sqaud for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia
Former India pacer RP Singh has chosen KL Rahul and Mohammed Shami in the T20 World Cup squad. According to him, Harshal Patel won’t be effective for Team India in Australia.
The Indian pacer is now the proud owner of the Jaguar F-Type. The Jaguar F-type has many variants, but as far as the basic variant is considered, it might have cost him around INR 97.93 Lakhs.
Mohammed Shami made his comeback in ODI cricket after a long layoff that spanned three years, but with his very first over he showed everybody including the opposition that why he is hailed as one of the greatest fast bowlers India has ever produced.
On fast and bouncy pitches in Australia, Mohammed Shami, with his pace, ability to swing the ball both ways, and extract extra bounce will make him India's deadliest pacer.
Shami who was picked by GT for RS 6.25 crore at the Mega Auction, has executed his best performance throughout the the IPL. He scalped 20 wickets at an economy of 8.00 runs per over.
IPL 2022, mega auction took place in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
Rahul moves to the 31st spot in the latest ICC rankings after his match-winning effort in India's win in the 1st Test against South Africa.
Shami's sixth five-for in Tests also brought up a personal milestone of 200 wickets on a day when the four-pronged attack bowled the Proteas out for 197.
Rabada's wicket was also Shami's fifth of the innings. He is the 11th Indian bowler to pick up 200 or more wickets and only the fifth fast bowler to reach the milestone. Shami is only behind Kapil Dev (434), Ishant Sharma (311), Zaheer Khan (311), and Javagal Srinath (236), at the moment.
Indian captain Virat Kohli on Saturday hit out at the "bunch of spineless people", reacting strongly to the torrent of social media abuse that was aimed at his pacer Mohammed Shami over his religion, following the team's loss to arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
After making a remarkable journey from club cricket to international cricket in little over 24 months, the first bowler to take a hat-trick on his T20 International debut is looking to learn from the best in his maiden IPL outing.
Shami and fellow senior pacer Ishant Sharma were rested from the Oval Test that India won by 157 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series as the duo was nursing niggles.
Shami celebrated his 31st birthday on Friday and a section of the crowd comprising Indian fans celebrated it with a cake.
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