Despite his impeccable file in ODIs the place he has 176 wickets in 95 video games at a median of lower than 25, Mohammed Shamy nonetheless fails to seek out his place within the Indian bowling line up with Rohit Sharma clearly sticking to his technique.
Hardik Pandey injured his ankle within the sport in opposition to Bangladesh which made India play a specialist batsman in Surya Kumar Yadav and in addition play Mohammed Shami for the primary time on this World Cup. And boy, what a comeback for Shami choosing up his second 5 wicket haul in a World Cup with figures of 5/54 wickets, together with scalps of New Zealand prime scorers Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra.
India for the primary time within the World Cup have been sloppy within the subject, dropping catches of each Ravindra and Mitchell. Both batsmen capitalised on India’s poor fielding and made Rohit Sharma and co pay. With Kiwis at 178/2 within the thirty third over, India have been working out of concepts as they didn’t have a sixth bowler having dropped Shardul Thakur for an additional batter.
But India had the cushion of a correct bowler in Mohammed Shami who ran in with proper seam place and picked wickets when it mattered. He first obtained rid of opener Will Young after which obtained the prize wicket of Ravindra to carry again the New Zealand circulate. With his common strikes, India managed to limit the Kiwis to simply 273 runs, which at one time regarded like a complete rating prone to move 300. Shami was merely superior within the slog overs, hitting the timber as a rule and choosing up a fifer on his first probability to play within the 2023 World Cup.
Even within the build-up to the World Cup in the course of the sequence in opposition to Australia, Mohammed Shami had picked up 5 wickets within the third ODI. But he nonetheless couldn’t discover a place within the Indian group as skipper Rohit Sharma has been very clear in his concepts of playing two specialist quick bowlers in Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj together with two all-rounders in Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur. Hence, Shami, in spite of his impeccable file in ODI the place he has 176 wickets in 95 video games at a median of lower than 25, nonetheless fails to seek out his place on this robust Indian bowling line up.
India have gained all their 4 video games within the World Cup with ease, and it might be arduous for Shami to maintain his place as soon as Hardik Pandya is again, except India decides to alter technique and play with a specialist bowler as a substitute of a half and half all-rounder in Shardul Thakur.
The creator of this text is Anis Sajan, cricket fanatic and distinguished businessman who serves as Vice Chairman, Danube Group.
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