Mohammed Shami, who has been out of the Indian cricket team for a long time, is continuously performing well. With his performance, he is sending a message to the team selectors that there is still fire left in him and he should definitely get a chance. Mohammed Shami, playing for Bengal in the semi-final match of Ranji Trophy, has created a sensation by dismissing 8 batsmen of Jammu and Kashmir. Mohammed Shami has proved every time with his performance in the last few months that he is completely fit and still wants to play in the Indian team.
The second semi-final of Ranji Trophy is currently being played between Jammu and Kashmir and Bengal. In this match, Jammu and Kashmir won the toss and decided to bowl first. Bengal captain Abhimanyu Easwaran, who came to bat, was out after scoring 49 runs and the other opener Sudip Chatterjee was out for 0 runs only. After this Sudeep Kumar played an inning of 146 runs and Shahbaz Ahmed also supported him by scoring 46 runs. In this way, Bengal team was all out after scoring a total of 328 runs. For Jammu and Kashmir, Aaqib Nabi Dar took 5 wickets and Sunil Kumar took 3 wickets.
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Mohammed Shami’s havoc
In reply, Mohammed Shami gave the first blow to Jammu and Kashmir in his second over itself. Shami took the first wicket of Jammu and Kashmir on the score of just 4 runs. Mohammed Shami shook Jammu and Kashmir by dismissing Yawar Hasan in the seventh over. Shubham Pundir was dismissed by Mukesh Kumar in the eighth over. From here Jammu and Kashmir controlled themselves a bit and strengthened the score by making a partnership of 143 runs. Shami once again made a breakthrough and got Abdul Samad caught by Akashdeep at the score of 82 runs. After this, Paras Dogra was dismissed by Mukesh Kumar in the very next over.
Till now Jammu and Kashmir’s score was 5 wickets for 156 runs and Mohammed Shami had taken 3 wickets in it. After this, Mohammed Shami kept taking wickets at regular intervals and wiped out the entire team in a few overs. Mohammed Shami single-handedly dismissed the last five batsmen. In his 8 wickets, Mohammed Shami bowled two batsmen, made two LBW and got four batsmen caught out.
How is Mohammed Shami’s form going?
Recently, Mohammed Shami had taken a total of 15 wickets in 7 List A matches. After that, he has taken 16 wickets in three first class matches so far and he is yet to bowl in the second innings. Another good thing is that while playing for Bengal, Mohammed Shami had also scored a half-century against Andhra Pradesh.
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Since when is Mohammed Shami out of the team?
Mohammed Shami played the last Test match for the Indian team in June 2023. His last match against Pakistan in ODI was in March 2025 and in T20 also he played his last match in February 2025. Mohammed Shami, who has been playing for the Indian cricket team since 2013, has been out several times due to injury, but even at the age of 35, he is not only sweating but is also performing brilliantly in domestic cricket.
Mohammed Shami, who has played 64 test matches for the Indian team, has taken 229 wickets. At the same time, he has 206 wickets in his name in 108 ODI matches. He has played only 25 matches for India in T20 and has taken a total of 27 wickets. Mohammed Shami, who has played for a total of 5 teams in the Indian Premier League, has played a total of 119 matches and has taken 133 wickets.
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