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Indian bowler Mohammed Shami, who is returning to cricket after about a year, has taken 4 wickets of Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy match.
On Thursday, on the second day of the match, Madhya Pradesh team was all out for 167 runs in the first innings. Mohammed Shami took 4 wickets for 54 runs including 4 maidens in 19 overs. Shami did not get any wicket a day before.
For Madhya Pradesh, Subhranshu Senapati scored 47 and Rajat Patidar scored 41 runs. The remaining batsmen could not perform well. In the match, Bengal team was all out for 228 runs in the first innings.
Mohammed Shami comeback is important in terms of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting on 22 November in Australia. Team India is going to play a series of 5 Test matches there. In such a situation, Shami is playing this match to prove his fitness.
If Shami impresses the selectors with his performance. Then he can be called for the Australia tour. A day earlier, Bhaskar sources had told that he was asked by the team management to play Ranji.
Shami played his last international match against Australia on 19 November 2023 in the form of ODI World Cup final. Shami went to England in January this year and got his ankle surgery done. He did rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for the last several months. He has played 64 Test matches for India. Shami has 229 Test wickets to his name.
The Australian team has not been able to beat India in the last 4 series. The team got the last win in the 2014-15 season. Then the Australian team captained by Steve Smith defeated India 2-0. In the four subsequent series, the Indian team won 2-1.
2024-11-14