IND VS AUS: Mohammed Shami- Indian team registered a thumping victory against the Australian cricket team in the first test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Men in Blue won the Nagpur test by an inning and 132 runs. Asian giants have the best bowling lineup in the world with quality fast bowlers and crafty spinners. Indian wicketkeeper cum cricket analyst Dinesh Kartik picked Mohammed Shami as the toughest Indian bowler in the current bunch of players.
Kartik referred to facing Shami in the nets as Torture:
“If I have to use one word for Shami it will be ‘Torture Shami’. Because in my whole career, he is the toughest bowler I have faced in the nets, he has got me out a couple of times as well in the match. But he has been nasty to play in the nets. I thought I was the only one so then I asked Kohli, Rohit, and they are all legends of the game and they all said they hate playing Shami,” said Kartik.
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“What makes him so special is – all of his strength come into play in net session, his upright seam position, his natural length, that nasty length of 6-8 metre mark, where the two major mode of dismissals are caught behind or caught at slip. And you can see why he has been unlucky over a period of time as well because that length says that he gets the batsman beaten numerous times but never gets that wicket“. added veteran Indian wicketkeeper Kartik.
“He has travelled overseas in series where he constantly ended up being the bad bowler because he is the bowler got gets most deliveries beaten, but never the amount of wickets to show for“, further concluded cricket analyst Kartik. The right-arm pacer Shami took three wickets on the spinner-friendly track at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
In the Australia tour of India 2023, the Rohit Sharma-led side took the 1-0 lead against the Aussie. Earlier in the match, Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to field first against the host nation. Visitors were bowled out for 177 runs in the first innings, while the Indian team posted a huge total of 400 runs in the first innings with the help of a brilliant century by skipper Rohit Sharma. On the 3rd day, the Australian team were bowled out for 91 runs in 32.3 overs in their second innings and the South Asian side took the 1-0 lead in the four test matches series.
India will face Australia in the second test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in Delhi from Friday ( 17th February).
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