Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Shami. Image Credit: Twitter

India clinches the Test series, for the fourth consecutive time in what is said to be the greatest rivalry of all time, India vs Australia. While, in the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023, the last test match at Ahmedabad ended in a draw, and the Rohit Sharma-led side took the BGT 2023 trophy with a 2-1 mark.

Indian pacer Mohammed Shami after the end of the series ended on the top five wicket-taker list on spinning tracks, which is an astonishing feat. But all was not in order for Shami at the Ahmedabad Test, in a viral video, he is seen to be facing the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants directed towards him. Meanwhile, the Indian skipper is totally unaware of the incident, when inquired in the post-match conference.

Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Shami. Image Credits: Twitter

Rohit Sharma answered Shami’s ‘Viral Video’ question in the post-match conference-

“I am absolutely unaware of Jai Shri Ram chants for Shami. I just heard it for the first time. I don’t know what has happened there,” answered the Indian skipper.

The 32-year-old was among the star performers in the team India’s 2-1 triumph over Australia. He claimed nine wickets in three matches at an average of 28.22, he has been an essential part of the Men in Blue elite pacer list, who has helped Asian Giants to clinch victory in overseas test matches.

The right-arm pacer took two wickets in the fourth test match of BGT 2023. He clean bowled Peter Handscomb by beating his outside edge and taking his off stump which goes cartwheeling. Shami has played 62 Test matches for India and took 223 wickets. The right-arm pacer is also a handy lower-order batter, in the ongoing BGT, in the series he also surpassed Virat Kohli’s number of 24 sixes in his test career.

World Test Championship (WTC) Final- 

India qualifies for WTC Final in England, as New Zealand won the first test match of the two-match series against Sri Lanka. India needed to win the BGT 2023 series by a 3-1 margin or the Lanka side didn’t manage to clean sweep the series against the ‘Black Caps’, in both scenarios team India would qualify for the title clash.

The WTC final will be played at the Oval from June 7. However, most of the Indian players who will feature in the clash would also be part of IPL 2023, which will be played from March 31 to May 28. While the league games of IPL 16 end on May 21.

“I don’t think it will be a huge problem but yeah, look I believe in preparation and preparations will be key for us come the finals,”

“Around 21st May, there will be six teams who will possibly be out of IPL playoffs contention and so whichever players are available, we will try and find time to get them to the UK early as possible and get some time and we will monitor as much as possible,” said Sharma on WTC Final and IPL 2023.

Whereas, after the end of the IND VS AUS Test 2023 series, Ravichandran Ashwin emerged as the highest wicket-taker, he was a joint award winner of the player of the series for his 25 wickets in four matches along with Ravindra Jadeja. While Virat Kohli was the player of the match for his blistering innings of 186 at the Ahmedabad Test, he was also the highest run scorer for the Indian side in the BGT 2023.

Now Men in Blue will take on the Aussies in the three matches ODI series, starting from March 17 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

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