Mohammed Shami: After Rohit Sharma's statement, Mohammed Shami played a 'game', rained sixes and fours
Rohit Sharma may not have been able to trust Mohammed Shami's fitness yet, but this player is doing wonders on the field. Mohammed Shami, who is playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has shown his batting prowess for Bengal this time. He batted brilliantly in the pre-quarterfinal against Chandigarh. In the match going on at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Bengal's team was struggling in batting, and after this Shami came to bat at number 10 and he turned the whole match around. Shami played an unbeaten innings of 32 runs in 17 balls.
When Mohammad Shami came to bat, Bengal had lost 8 wickets for 114 runs. Shami then added 45 runs for the last 2 wickets, out of which he contributed 32 runs. Shami hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. His strike rate was more than 188. Based on this innings of Shami, the Bengal team reached 159 runs in 20 overs.
Bengal have set a target of 160 in front of Chandigarh 🎯
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) December 9, 2024
Mohd. Shami provides a crucial late surge with 32*(17)
Karan Lal top-scored with 33 (25)
Jagjit Singh Sandhu was the pick of the Chandigarh bowlers with 4/21#SMAT | @IDFCFIRSTBank
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After showing his magic with the bat, Shami showed his magic with the ball. This player dismissed Chhattisgarh opener Arsalan Khan on the third ball of the first over. Mohammad Shami is in form. Till the time of writing this news, he had taken 9 wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. However, Rohit Sharma is still not sure about his fitness. Rohit's statement after the defeat in Adelaide seemed something like this. Rohit had said that his knee was swollen during the Syed Mushtaq Trophy match. He cannot be called to Australia until he gets a clean chit.
Rohit Sharma may be waiting for a clean chit but it is clear that Team India needs Shami a lot. Jasprit Bumrah has bowled brilliantly in the first two Test matches in Australia but he is not getting support from the other side. If Shami had been with him in Australia, the Indian bowling attack would have been very explosive. It is believed that Shami can join the team for the last two Test matches, although this is not yet decided. Well, whether Shami will go to Australia or not is a matter of later but first this player must be thinking of making Bengal the champion in the Syed Mushtaq Trophy.