ENG vs IND 2018, 1st Test: Mohammed Shami Delighted With India’s Performance

Aug 2, 2018 at 11:43 AM

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ENG vs IND 2018, 1st Test: Mohammed Shami Delighted With India’s Performance

India’s fast bowler Mohammed Shami was delighted with team’s performance on the first day of the Test series. In fact, Shami was India’s best fast bowler on the opening day of the first Test match.

The tourists were able to reduce England to 285 for 9. Therefore, the visitors were the happier of the two side when stumps were called on Day 1. In fact, the hosts were in a dominating position when they were 216 for 3. However, Joe Root’s run-out was the turning point in the day.

England v India 2018, Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Shami celebrates (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Mohammed Shami was right on the money with his line and length.

The floodgates were opened and India was able to scalp six wickets in the final session to bounce back. Therefore, Shami who was the only pacer to find his line and length at the right place was pleased with India’s show on Day 1. Mohammed Shami said that they tried not to offer width to the English batsmen.

“As you have seen the wicket is a little slower, there is hard work for sure, we have to maintain good line and length all day. It was a little tough initially because it was slow and a little damp. As the day went on, the wicket came good. As a bowling unit we have stopped them well from 216-3, you can see what we have done,” Shami said in the post-match conference.

Ravichandran Ashwin, England vs India 2018
Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates his wicket. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, there were doubts raised over the fitness of Shami. Furthermore, he also didn’t have a lot of match practice. However, he was up and running as he presented the beautiful seam position and landed his deliveries in the corridor of uncertainty.

“Initially when you bowl on such wickets here you get an idea how it will behave and what you need to keep doing. So there weren’t many changes in our approach during the day but we tried to control line and length through the day, and try not to give any width. The lesser the width to batsmen, the better.”

India was able to bounce back in the final session.

Ravichandra Ashwin
Ashwin was the pick of the bowler on the opening day’s play. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Mohammed Shami went on to add that they tried to bowl according to the wicket and batsmen. Thus, the plan was to execute the skills properly.

“If you see in a Test match, there is a lot of time and you can come back if there is a good partnership. You bowl according to the wicket and batsmen, so as a captain or as a bowler, you get to think. We can assess situations as per the wicket, how much grass is there or not. That’s how you choose your bowling unit and then work on the basis of that. You have to work within that unit and believe that you can win.”

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