New Delhi:
Shami showed fitness and form again: The Indian team for the Champions Trophy 2025 can be announced any time. Veteran pacer Mohammed Shami, who was out of the team for more than a year, has delivered a powerful attack at exactly the right timing. When Team India was losing in the Australia tour, Shami was repeatedly making his presence felt through the performance of Vijay Hazare, but the Indian management remained adamant on its insistence. However, considering the situation as it is now, it will be very difficult for Agarkar and Company to ignore the legendary pacer.
Shami has again shown against Haryana in the pre-quarterfinal round of Vijay Hazare Trophy, which resumed on Thursday, that neither his age is a burden on him nor is there any problem in his form and fitness. Playing for Bengal, Shami took the maximum of three wickets for 61 runs in ten overs. With this performance, this pacer sent a message to the selectors before the team was selected for the Champions Trophy.
When Team India was struggling, then…
Questions were constantly being raised about the Indian veteran pacer as to why Shami was not being sent to Australia. The reason was that when Team India was struggling, Syed Mushtaq Ali was taking wickets in the Trophy, but the Indian management was adamant on its insistence. Shami took 11 wickets in 9 matches played in Mushtaq Ali Trophy, while till now this pacer has taken 3 wickets in three matches for Bengal in Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Shami has been away from Team India for so many days
Mohammed Shami played his last match for Team India in the Fifty-Fifty World Cup held in India in the month of November in the year 2023. This was the final match played against Australia. After this Shami went through a long process of surgery and recovery. Till now it has been 417 days since he was out of Team India.