Indian bowler Mohammad Shami, who is making a comeback in cricket after almost a year, has taken 4 wickets for Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy match. Due to this, the possibility of him going on tour to Australia has increased.
On the second day of the match on Thursday, the Madhya Pradesh team was bowled out for 167 runs in the first innings. Mohammad Shami took 4 wickets by giving 54 runs including 4 maidens in 19 overs. He took the wickets of captain Shubham Sharma (8 runs), Saransh Jain (7 runs), Kumar Karthikeya (9 runs) and Kulwant Khejrolia (0). Shami did not get a wicket a day ago.
Subhranshu Senapati scored 47 runs and Rajat Patidar played an innings of 41 runs for Madhya Pradesh. The rest of the batters did not fare well. In the match, the Bengal team was all out for 228 runs in the first innings.
Mohammad Shami bowled 10 overs on the first day of the match. He did not get any wickets.
Shami's comeback is important from BGT's point of view Mohammed Shami's comeback is crucial for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting November 22 in Australia. Team India is going to play a 5 test match series there. In such a situation, Shami is playing this match to prove his fitness.
If Shami impresses the selectors with his performance, he may be called up for the Australia tour. A day ago Bhaskar's sources said that the team management asked him to play Ranji.
The last match was played last year in the final on November 19 Shami played his last international match on 19 November 2023 in the final of the ODI World Cup against Australia. Shami went to England in January this year and underwent surgery on his leg. He spent the last several months undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. He has played 64 Test matches for India. Shami has 229 Test wickets to his name.
Australia have not beaten India since 2014-15 The Australian team could not beat India in the last 4 series. The team's last win was in the 2014–15 season. Then the Australian team led by Smith defeated India 2-1. After which the Indian team has won all the four series.
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