Vinay Kumar
New Delhi. Deadly fast bowler Mohammed Shami, playing the Test series for Team India on the tour of South Africa, completed 200 Test wickets in the bowling of the first innings of the first Test against South Africa at Centurion ground. Did it He is also being praised a lot for achieving this position.
The history of international Test cricket shows that he is the fifth bowler from the Indian cricket team to achieve this position. Before him, only Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma have been able to do this. Mohammed Shami took 5 for 44 against South Africa (India vs South Africa Centurian Test Match, 2021) and played a key role in bowling out South Africa for 197 runs in the first innings batting. Due to this, India got the first major lead.
Mohammed Shami reminded the South African batsmen of Nani with his straight seam position with a superb fast bowling spell. The role of Mohammed Shami became more important when Jasprit Bumrah got injured while bowling yesterday. Ankle injury. Stayed outside for most of the day on Tuesday. And in the meantime, Mohammed Shami was praised for such bowling to get Aiden Markram out. With the dismissal of Markram, Mohammed Shami became India’s third fast bowler after Kapil Dev and Srinath to take 200 wickets.
Former head coach of the Indian cricket team Ravi Shastri called Mohammed Shami the ‘Sultan of Bengal’ and congratulated him. He said that it was fun watching Shami bowling. Former Team India player Mohammad Kaif called Mohammed Shami the most underrated fast bowler in the world. He said in praise, “Don’t take brother (Mohammed Shami) lightly. This is a heavy driver.” He put Mohammed Shami in the list of legendary fast bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, James Anderson and Pat Cummins.
Former India fast bowler Ajit Agarkar calls Mohammed Shami a ‘special bowler’. At the same time, former Indian cricket team opener Aakash Chopra calls Shami a sensational bowler. Former India great bowler Venkatesh Prasad called Mohammed Shami’s bowling ‘class’, and he said that Shami’s seam position was charismatic.
Wasim Jaffer has posted a picture of Mohammed Shami’s three balls at different times. It’s the same seam position in every frame, he said.
Significantly, Mohammed Shami made his international Test debut in 2013. At present, he is one of the best and greatest bowler of the Indian team. The history of Test cricket shows that Mohammed Shami took 47 wickets in Test matches played in 2018 and 33 in 2019.