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Mohammed Shami
India
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Born Sep 03, 1990 (29 years) Birth Place Jonagar, Bengal Height -- Role Bowler
Batting Style Right Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium ICC Rankings
TestODIT20Batting -- -- -- Bowling 10 21 -- Career InformationTeams Kolkata Knight
Riders, India A, Bengal, India, Rest of India, Board Presidents XI, East Zone,
Indians, Delhi Capitals, Mohun Bagan, World XI, Kings XI Punjab
Hailing from a remote village in Uttar Pradesh, born to a fast-bowler-turned-
farmer, Mohammed Shami’s father spotted a spark in only one of his five children
(all aspiring fast bowlers) an...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
Test 47 60 19 453 51 11.05 601 75.37 0 0 1 46 18
ODI 76 36 17 147 25 7.74 180 81.67 0 0 0 11 6
T20I 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
IPL 49 16 7 54 21 6.0 53 101.89 0 0 0 5
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Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
Test 47 91 8602 4742 175 6/56 9/118 3.31 27.1 49.15 5 0
ODI 76 75 3875 3598 143 5/69 5/69 5.57 25.16 27.1 1 0
T20I 11 11 238 382 12 3/38 3/38 9.63 31.83 19.83 0 0
IPL 49 49 1032 1547 40 3/21 3/21 8.99 38.67 25.8 0 0
Career Information
Test debut vs West Indies at Eden Gardens, Nov 06, 2013 Last Test vs Bangladesh at
Eden Gardens, Nov 22, 2019 ODI debut vs Pakistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Jan 06,
2013 Last ODI vs Australia at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Jan 19, 2020 T20 debut vs
Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mar 21, 2014 Last T20 vs New Zealand at
Seddon Park, Jan 29, 2020 IPL debut vs Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mansingh Stadium,
Apr 08, 2013 Last IPL vs Chennai Super Kings at Punjab Cricket Association IS
Bindra Stadium, May 05, 2019 ProfileHailing from a remote village in Uttar Pradesh,
born to a fast-bowler-turned-farmer, Mohammed Shami’s father spotted a spark in
only one of his five children (all aspiring fast bowlers) and took him to a
renowned coach in Moradabad, the closest city to their village. A bundle of energy,
he was known to be a hard-worker full of stamina and trained like a workhorse under
the watchful eye of Badruddin Siddique.

After being snubbed from the U-19 selections due to alleged politically-corrupt
selections, Shami was advised to move to Kolkata by his coach. He was taken under
the apprenticeship of Debabrata Das to the extent of staying under his roof and
just about made it to the U-22 Bengal side. After a specially conducted net session
supervised by Sourav Ganguly, Shami was recognized as a special talent and after a
tough grind through the ranks, he got his chance to represent Bengal at the Ranji
level. After a commendable set of performances at the domestic level, Shami was
selected for the West Indies A tour in 2012, where he impressed with his pace and
lateral movement on relatively flat surfaces with little or no assistance for fast
bowlers. From an impressive 10-wicket haul at the grassy Eden track to the
unprecedented 11-wicket haul at the rather unhelpful Indore track, Shami was fast
proving to be one of the stand-out and versatile performers in the Indian domestic
circuit.
Shami slowly made his way into national reckoning and was handed an ODI debut in
early 2013. Slowly but surely, he started to make significant contributions and
with his ability to reverse/contrast swing the old white ball, he became an
indispensable asset to the limited-overs side, becoming the second-fastest Indian
to 50 ODI wickets in the process. He proved his worth in gold in the 2015 World Cup
taking 17 wickets and ending up as one of the highest wicket-takers in the
tournament. It was later revealed that he had played the World Cup through a knee
injury. Looking a tad deeper into the performance, he was India’s most economical
bowler in the tournament, except in the semi-final loss against Australia, in a
period when the power-play laws were stacked for the batsmen.

With the red cherry, Shami made his debut in the home series against the West
Indies, more popularly known as Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell series. He immediately
impressed with his ability to bowl the seam-up delivery and to move the ball off
the seam as well as reverse-swing the SG ball in India and as a result, he took 9
wickets on debut against the West Indies. He had moderate away tours in New Zealand
and South Africa, and struggled on the tour to England, where he was expected to do
well with his ability to jag the ball off the deck. However, in conditions less
favorable for bowling in Australia, he picked up 15 wickets in 3 Tests before
falling prey to injury again.

With his limited-yet-useful ability to move the new ball off the deck and reverse
the old ball in the air, Shami has proved to be a master of ball maintenance and
performance in unhelpful conditions. However, his maddening knack of being
inconsistent in stints and his eternal tryst with injury have made it exasperating
for the selectors to trust him, especially on longer tours. With age on his side,
he has the ability to further develop his game and prove himself to be a consistent
performer in all conditions. He has shown decent control on the Dukes and the
Kookaburra ball in addition to his expertise with the SG, and has performed the
rather enigmatic task of reversing the Kookaburra in Australia. With a plethora of
overseas tours on the horizon, a fitter and stronger Shami is all set to set the
stage on fire and propel himself into the league of the greats of fast bowling.

IPL - Through the years

Initially part of his home franchise - Kolkata Knight Riders - Mohammed Shami got
only a handful of opportunities. Post his impressive international debut, Delhi
Daredevils bought him for Rs. 4.25 crore in 2014. Shami has been on the expensive
side with the ball in the Indian Premier League and injuries hasn’t helped his
cause either. With his IPL economy rate above 9, his 5-year association with Delhi
ended as the franchise decided to release him. During the 2019 IPL auctions, Shami
was roped in by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.40 crore. Having regained his mojo in
white-ball cricket, Shami will be a vital cog as KXIP eye their maiden IPL win.
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