Mohammad Shami T20 Record: Mohammad Shami has officially been named Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement in India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad on Friday. Shami has reached Australia and will link up with the squad in Brisbane ahead of the official ICC warm-up matches. The Uttar Pradesh-born pacer will most probably play against Australia and New Zealand on October 17 and 19 respectively in warm-up matches. India captain Rohit Sharma will use these matches to test the fitness of the seasoned pacer ahead of the WC opener vs Pakistan. Ahead of the showpiece tournament, check out Shami’s record in T20 Internationals and IPL. Follow India T20 World Cup live updates with InsideSport.IN
🚨 NEWS 🚨: Shami replaces Bumrah In India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Squad. #TeamIndia | #T20WorldCup
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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2022
Mohammad Shami T20 Record: Shami officially replaces Jasprit Bumrah in Indian T20 World CUP Squad, Check Shami’s RECORD in T20 Internationals, IPL Record: CHECK OUT
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Shami has taken part in numerous tours to Australia. He was part of the Indian team that claimed two-Test series wins Down Under. Shami also participated in ODI World Cup in 2015, where he finished as India’s second-highest wicket-taker.
In Australia, Shami will join an all-rounder option in Hardik Pandya and a seam-bowling attack that includes Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, and Harshal Patel.
In the past three months, Shami hasn’t participated in any kind of cricket. After testing positive for COVID-19, he was forced to withdraw from India’s T20I team for the home series against Australia and South Africa in September.
Shami last participated in a T20I game during the 2021 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, which was almost a year ago. In the competition, he took six wickets from five matches at an economy of 8.84.
Mohammad Shami’s stats in IPL 2022 with Gujarat Titans
- Mohammad Shami has produced good returns in the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022) for Gujarat Titans, who made their debut and went on to win the championship.
- Shami finished with 20 wickets, which made him the Titans’ leading wicket-taker.
- But more importantly, he played in each of the team’s 16 contests.
- His stats in powerplays were very excellent. He shared the lead with Mukesh Choudhary for the most wickets in this phase with 11 wickets.
- Shami’s economy of 6.62 ranked seventh out of the 14 bowlers who completed 20 or more overs during the competition.
- His economy was 9.63 at the time of his death, nevertheless.
Mohammad Shami T20 Record in International matches
- Shami has played 17 matches for India in T20Is. Bowling almost 60 overs.
- The seasoned pacer has scalped 18 wickets.
- His best figures of 3/15 came against Scotland in 2021.
- His economy is of poor 9.54 for Men in Blue while the average is 31.55.
Mohammad Shami Record in IPL
- Mohammad Shami who currently plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL is at the 18th on the list of highest wicket-takers in League history.
- In 93 matches he has bowled 338 overs while leaking 2890 runs.
- Shami has scalped 99 wickets in his IPL career till now. His best figure is of 3/15. He registered this while playing for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in IPL 2020 by finishing with 3 for 15 in his spell of four overs against Delhi Capitals.
- These wickets have come at an average of 29.19 and with an economy of 8.52.
India squad for T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-capt), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami
