Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami Ahmed[lower-alpha 2] (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer, who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game as a bowler. He plays domestically for Bengal and in the Indian Premier League for Punjab Kings.

Not to be confused with Mohammad Sami.

Mohammed Shami
Shami in a practice session in 2015
Personal information
Full nameMohammed Shami Ahmed
Born (1990-09-03) 3 September 1990
Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium[lower-alpha 1]
RoleBowler
RelationsMohammed Kaif (brother)[5]
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 279)6 November 2013 v West Indies
Last Test25 August 2021 v England
ODI debut (cap 195)6 January 2013 v Pakistan
Last ODI29 November 2020 v Australia
ODI shirt no.11
T20I debut (cap 46)21 March 2014 v Pakistan
Last T20I8 November 2021 v Namibia
T20I shirt no.11
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–presentBengal
2011–2013Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 11)
2014–2018Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 11)
2019–presentPunjab Kings (squad no. 11)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 54 79 17 78
Runs scored 590 161 0 889
Batting average 11.80 7.66 – 12.01
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/0 0/2
Top score 56* 25 0* 56*
Balls bowled 9,801 4,044 357 14,786
Wickets 195 148 18 298
Bowling average 27.56 25.62 31.55 26.92
5 wickets in innings 5 1 0 11
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 2
Best bowling 6/56 5/69 3/15 7/79
Catches/stumpings 13/– 28/– 1/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 November 2021

He is a right-arm fast bowler, who has bowled consistently at around 140 km/h (87 mph), moving the ball off the seam and using swing, including reverse swing,[6] to move the ball both ways. He has been described as a fine bowler at the end of a limited-overs innings and as "unplayable" at times in all formats.[7]

Shami made his international debut in a One Day International (ODI) against Pakistan in January 2013, bowling four maiden overs. His Test debut in November 2013 saw him take a five-wicket haul against the West Indies.[8] He is the second fastest Indian bowler to take 50 ODI wickets, the fastest to take 100 ODI wickets and the third fastest Indian to take 100 Test wickets. During the 2019 Cricket World Cup, he became the second Indian bowler to claim a hat-trick in a World Cup match. As of 2021 Shami has an A grade central contract from the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI), the second highest grade of contract.[9]

Early life and career

Shami grew up in the village of Sahaspur in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, one of five children.[10][11] His father Tauseef Ali[lower-alpha 3] was a farmer who had been a fast bowler in his youth;[11][12] when Shami was 15 he was taken to Badruddin Siddique, a cricket coach in Moradabad, a town 22 kilometres (14 mi) from his home.[10][12]

"When I first saw him [Shami] bowling at the nets as a 15-year-old kid, I knew this boy is not ordinary. So I decided to train him. For one year I prepared him for the UP trials, as we don't have club cricket over here. He was very co-operative, very regular and very hard working. He never took a day off from training. During the under 19 trials he bowled really well, but due to politics, he missed out on selection. They asked me to bring him next year, but at that moment I didn't want Shami to miss one year. So I advised his parents to send him to Kolkata."[12]

— Badruddin Siddique on Mohammed Shami

Shami worked hard on his technique throughout his time at Moradabad; after matches he would request the used balls so that he could develop the ability to reverse swing the older ball, a skill which would be integral to his success later in his career.[13][14][15] He was not, however, selected for the Uttar Pradesh under-19 side, and later in 2005 Badruddin sent him to Kolkata to increase his chances of selection for a state side.[10] After playing for the Dalhousie Athletic Club he was recommended to Debabrata Das, a former assistant secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal, who was impressed with Shami's bowling and asked him to join his own club, Town Club. Das took Shami, who had no place to stay in Kolkata, to live with him.[15] After bowling well for Town Club, Das asked one of the Bengal selectors, Sambaran Banerjee, to watch Shami bowl; Banerjee was impressed and selected him for the Bengal under-22 team.[10][12]

"Shami never wanted money. His goal was the stumps, the sound that comes from hitting the stumps. Ever since I saw him, most of his wickets were bowled. He bowls with an upright seam, on or just outside off stump, and gets it to cut back in."[15]

— Debabrata Das on Mohammed Shami

Shami later joined Mohun Bagan Cricket Club, one of the best sides in Bengal, in order to be considered for selection to the full state side. He bowled to former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly in the Eden Gardens nets; Ganguly recommended him to the state selectors and soon after Shami was picked in the Bengal squad for the 2010–11 Ranji Trophy.[12][15]

Domestic career
Eden Gardens, Bengal's home ground and where Shami made both his first-class and Test match debuts

Shami took four wickets on his senior debut for Bengal in a Twenty20 match in October 2010.[16] He made his first-class cricket debut the following month against Assam at Eden Gardens, taking three wickets in a high scoring match.[17][18]

In February 2012 his bowling helped East Zone win their first Duleep Trophy title; he took eight wickets in the match and was described as "outstanding, consistently getting bounce and zip from just short of a good length".[19] He had only played in the match following an injury to Abu Nechim, but it proved to be a significant breakthrough in Shami's career;[20] he had been described as "little-known" before the match,[21] but by April was being touted as a player to watch in the upcoming Indian Premier League season.[20]

He was selected to tour the West Indies with the India A side and "impressed" with his bowling on pitches which were considered to be generally unhelpful to fast bowlers.[22] Shami was considered to have been the "surprise package" of the tour for India A, and impressed the team's coach Lalchand Rajput with his strength and consistency whilst bowling, as well as with his batting;[23] batting tenth in the first unofficial Test match, he scored 27 runs in a partnership of 73 with Cheteshwar Pujara which won the match for India A.[24] Later in the year he was one of only two fast bowlers retained for the India A tour of New Zealand,[25] although he only played in two of the six matches on the tour.[1]

During the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy, Shami took 11 wickets in a match against Madhya Pradesh in November, including seven wickets for 79 runs (7/79) in the first innings, a return which included a hat-trick.[26][27] The following month he took 4/36 and 6/71 against Hyderabad on a green wicket at Eden Gardens, his second ten-wicket match in only his 15th first-class game.[lower-alpha 4][28][29] In the five Ranji Trophy matches he played during the season he took 28 wickets at a bowling average of 21.25 runs per wicket,[4] and in the 18 first-class matches he played before his Test match debut in 2013 he took 71 wickets, an average of four wickets each match.[14]

Since making his international debut in 2013, Shami has played only occasionally for his state side. He played a limited overs match in March 2017 after not having played any competitive cricket for a period four months,[30] and took part in four Ranji Trophy matches later in 2017, his first for around five years,[31] to develop and maintain his fitness.[32] A single first-class match for Bengal followed in 2018[1]—with the BCCI requesting that he be limited to bowling no more than 15 over in each innings in the match to ensure his fitness for an upcoming Test series.[33][34]

Performances in the IPL
Season Team Matches Wickets
2013Kolkata Knight Riders31
2014Delhi Daredevils[lower-alpha 5]127
2015Delhi Daredevils–[lower-alpha 6]–
2016Delhi Daredevils85
2017Delhi Daredevils85
2018Delhi Daredevils43
2019Kings XI Punjab1419
2020Kings XI Punjab1420
2021Punjab Kings[lower-alpha 7]1419
Total7779
As of 31 October 2021 – Source: CricketArchive[1]

Indian Premier League

Shami was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders, an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, in 2011; Kolkata's head coach Dav Whatmore had worked with the Bengal Cricket Association and had identified Shami, who had played Twenty20 matches for Bengal, as a player with potential.[35] He played a single match for the side in the 2011 Champions League Twenty20,[1] but despite being touted as a player likely to make an impact ahead of the 2012 tournament,[20] he did not play in the IPL until 2013, making three appearances for Kolkata during the season.[1]

Ahead of the 2014 season teams were only allowed to retain a maximum of five players,[36] and, following his international debut, Shami was signed by Delhi Daredevils in the player auction.[22][37] He played in 12 of Delhi's 14 matches during the season, taking seven wickets;[lower-alpha 8][1] he was retained, but did not play a match the following season after being ruled out with a knee injury.[38][39] He played sporadically in the IPL during the following three seasons, making eight appearances for Delhi in 2016 and 2017 and just four in 2018 when he was again hampered by a knee injury.[1][33]

Move to Punjab

After being released by Delhi ahead of 2019 season[22][40] Shami was bought by Kings XI Punjab[lower-alpha 7] in the 2019 player auction.[41] Fit again, he took 19 wickets and was the side's leading wicket-taker,[42] a feat he repeated the following season when he took 20 wickets, the best return of his career.[43] During the season he allowed only five runs during a super over against Mumbai Indians, taking the match, which Punjab eventually won, into a second super over.[44][45] This was the first time in IPL history that a single-digit score had been defended in a super over and earned Shami praise for the way in which he bowled precise yorkers under pressure.[44][46][47]

In the 2021 season, Shami took 19 wickets in 14 matches and finished as Punjab's leading wicket-taker for the third straight season and as the fourth highest wicket-taker in that year's competition.[48] During the season he became the fourth bowler in franchise history to take 50 wickets for Punjab.[49]

Test career
Shami warming up before a match for India in 2018

Shami made his Test debut against West Indies in November 2013 in front of his home crowd at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. There, he took his maiden Test wicket – that of Kieran Powell – finishing with figures of 17–2–71–4 in the first innings of the Test match. In the second innings, his figures were 13.1–0–47–5. He had a dream debut, taking 9 wickets for 118 runs – the most by an Indian pacer on debut – surpassing Munaf Patel's 7 wickets for 97 runs in Mohali in 2006.[50]

He played Tests against South Africa and New Zealand and picked 6 and 10 wickets respectively. He had a poor series at the 2014 tour of England with 5 wickets in 3 matches at an average of 73.20. He was involved in a 111-run partnership for the 10th wicket, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the first Test at Trent Bridge, and scored his maiden half-century in the process, and helped India post 457 in the 1st innings when India were struggling on 346–9.[51] He was a part of 19-member squad for 2014–15 Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia where he played 3 matches and had a good series picking up 15 wickets at an average of 35.80.[52] During the 2014–15 Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, Mohammed Shami joined the club of Indian bowlers with 100 Test wickets, becoming one of the 20 Indian bowlers with 100 Test wickets or more. The fast bowler took 29 Tests to reach that landmark, the third quickest by an Indian bowler.[53]

Performances in Test Cricket[54]

Year Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Avg Econ SR 5w
2013 4 8 124.1 15 445 17 5/47 9/118 26.17 3.58 43.8 1
2014 7 13 287.5 44 1109 24 4/70 6/219 46.20 3.85 71.9 0
2015 1 2 34.3 3 145 6 5/112 6/145 24.16 4.20 34.5 1
2016 10 19 271.1 52 779 29 4/66 6/116 26.86 2.87 56.1 0
2017 5 10 137.5 34 446 19 4/100 6/134 23.47 3.23 43.5 0
2018 12 23 383.5 68 1268 47 6/56 6/74 26.97 3.30 49.0 2
2019 8 16 194.2 49 550 33 5/35 7/58 16.66 2.83 35.3 1
2020 3 4 66.1 10 224 5 4/81 4/92 44.80 3.38 79.4 0
2021 4 7 133.4 30 410 15 4/76 4/95 27.33 3.06 53.4 0

India tour of England 2018

Shami was included in the squad of team India for the 2018 tour of England and he featured in all the five tests India played in the English soil. In each of the first two matches, Shami took 3 wickets in the first innings but went wicketless in the second innings (In the second innings of the second match, Shami didn't bowl a single ball, as India were handed an innings defeat). In the next match he took two wickets collectively. However, Shami's best performance in the series came in the penultimate match of the series, as he took 6 wickets, 4 in the first innings and 2 in the second innings. In the 5th test, Shami took 2 wickets, all in the second innings. In all, Shami took 16 wickets in the series, but his performance was much superior to all the other bowlers of team India featuring in the series.[55]

2019-21 ICC World Test Championship

In the 2019-21 ICC World Test Championship, Shami was included in the playing XI of the first international pink ball test match organised in India at the Eden Gardens during the second match of the 2019-20 Bangladesh Tour of India. In that match, he took a brace in the 1st innings but remained wicketless in the 2nd innings.[56] In the first match of the series, Shami's bowling figures were 3 for 27 and 4 for 31 in the two innings.[57] That spell lifted him eight places to the seventh position in the ICC Men's Player Rankings. His 790 rating points after the match were the third-best for an India pace bowler with only Kapil Dev (877) and Jasprit Bumrah (832) having recorded more points earlier.[58]

In the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship, during the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Shami suffered a fracture on his arm while batting against Pat Cummins during the 2nd innings of the 1st test. He retired hurt while batting and was ruled out of the whole series.[59]

In the 2019-21 World Test Championship, Shami emerged as the joint 10th highest wicket taker along with Jofra Archer, with 40 wickets in all. He was the highest wicket taker among all the Indian pacers and the second highest of all Indian bowlers, only behind the highest wicket taker of the tournament, Ravichandran Ashwin. Shami also featured in the final of the inaugural test championship against New Zealand and took 4 wickets, all in the first innings.[60]

2021-23 ICC World Test Championship

During the 2021-23 ICC World Test Championship, in the 2021 India-England series, on August 16, 2021, in India's 2nd innings, Mohammed Shami made his highest score in Test cricket, with an unbeaten score of 56* in a partnership with Jasprit Bumrah, which helped team India to script a historical win against England.[61] It is Shami's second half-century in test cricket. Throughout the series, Shami took 11 wickets in the 3 matches (5 innings). In spite of playing only 3 matches in the 5-match series, Shami finished as the 5th highest wicket-taker of the series with the best figures of 4/95 coming during the 1st innings of the 3rd match of the series.[62]

In the 2021-23 World Test Championship, Shami is currently the joint sixth highest wicket taker along with JNT Seales, with 11 wickets in 3 matches.[63]

ODI career

As a result of his remarkable performances in domestic matches, Mohammed Shami was selected for India's ODI series against Pakistan, replacing his Bengali teammate Ashok Dinda and subsequently made his debut in the third ODI in Delhi on 6 January 2013.[64] He returned a tidy figure of 1/23 from 9 overs in a low-scoring game that India won by 10 runs.[65] He was selected for India's Australian tour in October 2013. After sitting on the bench for the first 3 matches, he was given a chance in the fourth match in which he took 3 wickets.

In India's tour of New Zealand in 2014, Shami took 11 wickets in ODIs at an average of 28.72.

On 5 March 2014, in an Asia cup match against Afghanistan, Shami became the second fastest Indian to take 50 ODI wickets, reaching the feat in 29 innings.[66] He ended the tournament with 9 wickets at 23.59.

After losing the Test series by 3–1 against England India won the ODI series by 3–1 in which Shami took 8 wickets at 24.16. In 5th ODI he bowled a good spell in death overs with tight line and length & Middle stump Yorkers. After that many cricket pundits started calling him the future of Indian bowling.[67]

Shami took 10 wickets at 17.40 against West Indies in October 2014.[68] In the 2nd ODI of the Series he got his best bowling figure in ODIs as he picked up 4 wickets for 36 runs in his 9.3 overs.

He was in the 15 man Squad for 5 One day internationals against Sri Lanka in November 2014 but he was replaced by Dhawal Kulkarni due to a toe injury he suffered during the West Indies Series.[69]

For his performances in 2014, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.

2015 World Cup

Shami was in the 15-man squad named for the 2015 World Cup and was eventually included in the playing XI. He took 4 wickets for 35 runs from his 9 overs in India's first match against Pakistan, helping India win the match. In the second against South Africa, he finished with 2/30 from 8 overs. Against West Indies, he was awarded the Man of the Match after finishing with figures 8–2–35–3.[70] He had a good game in the next as well, against Ireland, finishing with 3/41 from 9 overs. In the last of the league games, against Zimbabwe, he took another 3-wicket haul giving away 48 runs from his 9 overs which included two maidens. India went on to win all the league games. In the quarterfinal against Bangladesh, he picked 2 wickets for 37 runs off 8 overs. He had a poor game against Australia in the semifinal, which India lost, where he gave away 68 runs off 10 overs without picking a wicket, thus finishing the tournament with 17 wickets at 17.29 and an economy rate of 4.81. In June, after the conclusion of the tournament, Shami revealed that he bowled through a recurring pain in his left knee. He later underwent a surgery.[71] He was also named in the 'Team of the tournament' by Cricbuzz for his astounding performance in the tournament.[72]

For his remarkable performances in 2015, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.[73]

2017 Champions Trophy

Shami returned to the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 after a two-year hiatus due to a shoulder injury. But due to lack of game time, he did not feature in any of the matches of the tournament. Controversies remained over the continuous omission of Shami from the playing XI.[74]

2019 New Zealand Tour

In January 2019, during the tour of New Zealand, Shami claimed his 100th ODI wicket in first of the five games bowling Martin Guptill out. Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets, during the first ODI against New Zealand at Napier. Shami reached the milestone in his 56th match, with the wicket of New Zealand opener, Martin Guptill. The Indian record of the fastest bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets was previously held by Irfan Pathan, who got there in his 59th match, against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2006. The world record is currently held by ace Afghanistan leg-spinner,Rashid Khan, who needed only 44 games to reach the mark. Shami is currently joint-sixth with New Zealand fast bowler Rashid Khan, who also played that match for the opponent side.[75]

Playing in four games throughout the series, Shami picked a total of nine wickets at an average of 15.33 and was named man of the series. This series unquestionably rejuvenated the white ball carrier of Shami, helping him to book a spot in the 2019 Cricket World Cup squad.[76]

2019 Cricket World Cup

In April 2019, he was named in India's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup[77] for some phenomenal performances in the white ball cricket. He was one of the only three fast bowlers to feature in the squad, the other two being Jasprit Bumrah and the white ball specialist, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. On 22 June 2019, in the match against Afghanistan, Shami took a hat-trick.[78] He became the second Indian bowler after Chetan Sharma to claim a hat-trick in a World Cup match.[79] He became the ninth player to have achieved a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup.[80] On 30 June 2019, in the match against England, Shami took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[81] After playing astoundingly in 4 back to back matches, the decision of selecting Bhuvneshwar Kumar over Shami raised eyebrows among the cricket pundits. They took to Twitter to express their displeasure on the decision.[82] Although Shami featured only in 4 matches, but he took 14 wickets, becoming the 12th highest wicket taker and the second highest Indian, only behind Jasprit Bumrah, who took 18 wickets in 9 matches. He had the best bowling strike rate of 15.07 and the best average of 13.78 of all the bowlers of the tournament.[83]

Performances in ODI Cricket[84]

Year Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
2013 20 20 167.1 13 902 30 3/42 30.06 5.39 33.4 0 0
2014 16 16 141.3 6 872 38 4/36 22.94 6.16 22.3 4 0
2015 11 10 82.1 7 392 19 4/35 20.63 4.77 25.9 1 0
2017 3 3 30.0 3 143 4 4/48 35.75 4.76 45.0 1 0
2018 2 2 20.0 0 140 3 2/81 46.66 7.00 40.0 0 0
2019 21 21 177.2 10 951 42 5/69 22.64 5.36 25.3 2 1
2020 6 6 55.5 0 393 12 4/63 32.75 7.03 27.9 1 0

T20I career

2014 ICC World Twenty20

Shami made his debut in Twenty20 Internationals on 21 March 2014 against Pakistan in the opening match of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and took the wicket of Umar Akmal. In that match, He gave away 31 runs and took a single wicket in the 4 overs he bowled. In the next match against West Indies, he went wicketless for 27 runs. In the third match against Bangladesh, he took a single wicket for 29 runs. He played for only three matches in the tournament and was dropped for the rest.

He was included in the side in 2014 tour of England, following the Test series, in July. He played in the lone match of the series and finished with 3 wickets conceding 38 runs.[85]

2016 ICC World Twenty20

Shami returned to the squad for 2016 ICC World Twenty20 after spending more than two years recuperating from the shoulder injury. But due to lack of form and game time, he did not feature in any of the matches of the tournament. Controversies remained over the continuous omission of Shami from the playing XI.[86]

2021 ICC World Twenty20

Although Shami had not performed as well in Twenty20 Internationals as he has in the other two formats, he was picked in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squads for team India, due to his performances in three consecutive Indian Premier League seasons.[87] He was one of the three fast bowlers in the main squad, the other two being Jasprit Bumrah and the white-ball specialist, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He was the only cricketer from Bengal in the squad.

Discussing the inclusion of Shami in team India's squad, Espncricinfo.com wrote: "Bowling at the death is probably what gave Shami an edge over Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur [both in the reserves], who have had greater success up top. Shami has got 14 death-over wickets since IPL 2020, which is the same as Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj combined. He can move the ball both ways, as he's shown ample times in the past, and as a bonus, he has the undefinable ability to be unplayable regardless of format when he gets into his rhythm".[88]

Shami went wicketless in the first two matches of the tournament, before setting career-best figures in consecutive matches against Afghanistan (with the figures of 3/32)[89] and Scotland with 3/15.[90] Shami played every match for India in the tournament.

Performances in T20I Cricket

As of November 2021.[91]

Year Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
2014 4 4 14.0 0 125 5 3/38 25.00 8.92 16.8 0 0
2016 2 2 6.4 0 79 3 2/31 26.33 11.85 13.3 0 0
2017 1 1 3.0 0 46 0 - - 15.33 - 0 0
2019 1 1 4.0 0 25 2 2/25 12.50 6.25 12.0 0 0
2020 4 4 16.0 0 153 2 2/32 76.50 9.56 48.0 0 0
2021 5 5 15.5 1 140 6 3/15 23.33 8.84 15.8 0 0

Stats

Career Averages[92]

Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Avg Econ SR 5w
Overview 2013-2021 147 194 2356.0 344 9651 355 6/56 9/118 27.18 4.09 39.8 6

In Format[93]

Format Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Avg Econ SR 5w
Test matches 2013-2021 54 102 1633.3 305 5376 195 6/56 9/118 27.56 3.29 50.2 5
One-Day Internationals 2013-2020 79 78 674.0 39 3793 148 5/69 5/69 25.62 5.62 27.3 1
Twenty20 Internationals 2014-2021 15 15 52.3 0 514 15 3/32 3/32 34.26 9.79 21.0 0

By Year[94]

Year Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Avg Econ SR 5w
2013 24 28 291.2 28 1347 47 5/47 9/118 28.65 4.62 37.1 1
2014 27 33 443.2 50 2106 67 4/36 6/219 31.43 4.75 39.7 0
2015 12 12 116.4 10 537 25 5/112 6/145 21.48 4.60 28.0 1
2016 12 21 277.5 52 858 32 4/66 6/116 26.81 3.08 52.0 0
2017 9 14 170.5 37 635 23 4/48 6/134 27.60 3.71 44.5 0
2018 14 25 403.5 68 1408 50 6/56 6/74 28.16 3.48 48.4 2
2019 30 38 375.4 59 1526 77 5/35 7/58 19.81 4.06 29.2 2
2020 13 14 138.0 10 770 19 4/63 4/63 40.52 5.57 43.5 0
2021 6 9 138.3 30 464 15 4/76 4/95 30.93 3.35 55.4 0

By Opponents[95]

Opponent Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Avg Econ SR 5w
Afghanistan 2014-2019 2 2 17.1 1 90 6 4/40 4/40 15.00 5.24 17.1 0
Australia 2013-2020 28 34 451.5 52 2071 60 6/56 6/136 34.51 4.58 45.1 2
Bangladesh 2014-2019 6 8 77.3 16 320 17 4/31 7/58 18.82 4.12 27.3 0
England 2013-2021 26 37 557.0 85 2007 62 5/69 6/108 32.37 3.60 53.9 1
Ireland 2015-2015 1 1 9.0 0 41 3 3/41 3/41 13.66 4.55 18.0 0
New Zealand 2014-2021 22 29 356.1 49 1519 50 4/55 6/116 30.38 4.26 42.7 0
Pakistan 2013-2021 5 5 35.5 5 181 6 4/35 4/35 30.16 5.05 35.8 0
South Africa 2013-2019 12 20 269.2 50 926 45 5/28 6/74 20.57 3.43 35.9 2
Sri Lanka 2013-2017 7 12 157.5 34 595 22 4/100 6/134 27.04 3.76 43.0 0
West Indies 2013-2019 32 40 371.2 47 1670 75 5/47 9/118 22.26 4.49 29.7 1
Zimbabwe 2013-2015 6 6 53.0 5 231 9 3/48 3/48 25.66 4.35 35.3 0

Records
  • Shami took nine wickets in his debut Test match in 2013, the most by an Indian fast bowler on debut.[96]
  • On 5 March 2014, he became the second fastest Indian bowler to take 50 ODI wickets.[66]
  • In January 2019, Shami became the fastest Indian bowler to take 100 ODI wickets.[75]
  • In June 2019, he was the second Indian to take a hat-trick in a World Cup match.[78]
  • Shami is the fourth bowler to have taken 50 wickets for Punjab Kings.[lower-alpha 7][49]
  • He holds the record of most consecutive four wickets in an innings in One Day Internationals (3).[97]
  • As of December 2021, Shami has the 10th career-best strike rate in One Day Internationals.[97]

Outside cricket

Shami's father and his three brothers all played cricket, with one brother, Mohammed Kaif, making his List A debut for Bengal in 2021.[5] During the COVID-19 lockdown in India in 2020 Shami trained alongside his brother in their home village of Sahaspur. During the lockdown Shami and his family helped to provide food for people in their village.[98]

Shami married Hasin Jahan in 2014. The couple have one child.[99] In 2020 Shami spoke about the impact that injuries and a string of allegations made by his wife had had on his mental health. He spoke of considering suicide on three occasions and credited his family with supporting him through the period.[98][100][101]

Domestic abuse allegations

In March 2018, a First Information Report was lodged against Shami and members of his family by his wife, Hasin Jahan, citing domestic violence and adultery.[102][103][104] A claim of rape was also made against Shami's elder brother.[104] Shami was charged with offences relating to domestic violence, attempted murder, poisoning and criminal intimidation.[104][105] Shami denied all of the allegations, claiming that they were a conspiracy and had been made to distract him from cricket.[104][105] The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) withheld Shami from their national contracts list as a result of the allegations.[103][106] His wife also claimed that Shami had been involved in match-fixing. This was investigated by the anti-corruption unit run by the BCCI and on 22 March the board reinstated Shami's national contract, clearing him of the corruption charges.[107][108][109]

On 2 September 2019, a court in Alipore issued an arrest warrant against Shami in connection to the domestic violence charges, providing him with 15 days after his return to India to turn himself in.[lower-alpha 9][111] The warrant was stayed by a district court on 9 September because the court that had issued the warrant failed to issue a summons to appear in court after filing the charge sheet.[lower-alpha 10][112]

Victim of online abuse

In October 2021, Shami, the only muslim player in India's side at the time,[113][114] was subjected to a range of abuse, much of it Islamophobic, on social media following India's loss to Pakistan during the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[115][116] He had conceded 43 runs during the match and was India's most expensive bowler.[115][117] Several current and former cricketers, including India's captain Virat Kohli, publicly supported Shami following the abuse,[117][118][119] with Kohli specifically addressing the Islamophobic nature of the abuse Shami had received.[117][120]

See also

Notes
  1. Some sources list Shami as a fast-medium paced bowler,[1][2][3] whereas others list him as a fast bowler.[4]
  2. In his early career, Shami was often referred to as Shami Ahmed in media reports.
  3. Shami's father's name is also sometimes spelled Tousif.
  4. As of November 2021, these remain the only two ten-wicket matches in Shami's career.[4]
  5. Delhi Daredevils changed the name of the franchise to Delhi Capitals after the 2018 season.
  6. Shami did not play in the 2015 IPL due to injury.
  7. Kings XI Punjab changed the name of the franchise to Punjab Kings in 2021.
  8. The 2014 IPL season was split between the United Arab Emirates and India.[1]
  9. Shami was touring the West Indies with the Indian side at the time the arrest warrant was issued.[110]
  10. In India, an arrest warrant should only be filed after the defendant fails to appear before the court after having been issued with a summons.

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