Mohammed Shami is a cricketer who represents India in all forms of the game. He was born on September 3, 1990, and he is an Indian international cricketer who bowls with his right arm and can provide fast or fast medium pitches. In addition to playing for four different clubs in the Indian Premier League (IPL), he has also played for Bengal in domestic cricket. To move the ball in both directions, Shami bowls the ball off the seam and employs swing, including reverse swing, to deliver the ball.
It has been said that he has an advantage in the death overs of a limited-overs innings, which are also known as the “slog” overs. Additionally, he has been regarded as being “unplayable” in all forms sometimes. Not only did Shami end as India’s highest wicket scorer in the ICC World Cup 2023, but he also holds the record for being the quickest bowler to capture 50 wickets in the history of the Cricket World Cup, which spans four decades and thirteen editions. He is the laureate of the Arjuna Award for Cricket in the year 2023.
During his stay in Moradabad, Shami put a lot of effort into improving his technique. After each match, he would ask for the used balls so that he could learn how to reverse-swing the older ball. This was a skill that would prove to be essential to his success later on in his career. On the other hand, he was not chosen for the Uttar Pradesh under-19 team. Subsequently, in 2005, Badruddin sent him to Kolkata to improve his prospects of being picked for a state team.
4 After playing for the Dalhousie Athletic Club, he was suggested to Debabrata Das, a former assistant secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal. Das, who was delighted with Shami’s bowling, encouraged him to join his club, Town Club. Shami accepted the offer. Das brought Shami, who was homeless in Kolkata, to live with him. Shami had no other place to stay. Das posed the question to one of the Bengal selectors after he had performed well for Town Club.
Mohammad Shami Biography
| Name | Mohammad Shami |
| Full Name | Mohammed Shami Ahmed |
| Date of Birth | 3 September 1990 |
| Place of Birth | Amroha |
| Other Names | Shami Ahmed |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Father’s Name | Tousif Ali |
| Mother’s Name | Anjum Ara |
| Siblings | Mohammed Kaif, Sabina Anjum, Md Hasib Ahmad, Mohammed Asif |
| Spouse | Hasin Jahan |
| Marriage Date | 6 June 2014 |
| Children | Aaira Shami |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-Arm Fast |
| ODI Debut | January 2013 vs. Pakistan |
| Test Debut | January 2013 vs. West Indies |
| Favourite Food | Mutton Biryani |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
This was Sambaran Banerjee’s first time seeing Shami bowl; Banerjee was so pleased that he chose him to be a member of the Bengal under-22 squad. After that, Shami joined Mohun Bagan Cricket Club, which is regarded to be one of the greatest teams in Bengal, to participate in the selection process for the complete state team. In the Eden Gardens nets, he bowled to Sourav Ganguly, who had previously served as the captain of the Indian team. Ganguly offered his recommendation to the state selectors, and shortly after that, Shami was named in the Bengal squad for the Ranji Trophy in the 2010–11 season.
He was “impressed” with his bowling on wickets that were traditionally believed to be harmful to fast bowlers, which garnered him the opportunity to visit the West Indies with India A team. Shami was regarded as the “surprise package” of the trip for India A. He surprised the team’s coach Lalchand Rajput with his power and consistency when bowling, as well as with his batting; he batted ninth in the first unofficial test match. Shami’s performance was highly regarded.
After scoring 27 runs, he and Cheteshwar Pujara formed a partnership of 73 runs, which ultimately resulted in India A winning the match. He was one of just two fast bowlers who were retained for the India A tour of New Zealand later in the year, even though he only participated in two of the six matches that were played during the visit. In a match against Madhya Pradesh in November in the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy, Shami grabbed 11 wickets, including seven wickets for 79 runs (7/79) in the first innings. This result included a hat trick. Shami’s performance was particularly impressive.
In the following month, he played against Hyderabad at Eden Gardens on a green pitch, taking four wickets and sixty-seven runs. This was his second ten-wicket performance in just his fifteenth first-class encounter altogether. In the five Ranji Trophy matches that he participated in during the season, he took 28 wickets at a bowling average of 21.25 runs per wicket. Additionally, in the 18 first-class matches that he played before making his debut in the Test match in 2013, he took 71 wickets, with an average of four wickets per match.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 77 | 12 | 69 | 21 | 6.27 | 73 | 94.52 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 9* | 13.00 | 17 | 76.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 2.00 | 3 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1.00 | 2 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 6 | 116.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 9.00 | 24 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 0.00 | 4 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1* | 1.50 | 7 | 42.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 10 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 77 | 1670 | 2402 | 79 | 3/15 | 30.41 | 8.63 | 21.14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 316 | 395 | 19 | 3/21 | 20.78 | 7.50 | 16.63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 322 | 460 | 20 | 3/15 | 23.00 | 8.57 | 16.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 324 | 469 | 19 | 3/21 | 24.68 | 8.68 | 17.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 83 | 144 | 3 | 1/29 | 48.00 | 10.40 | 27.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | 156 | 243 | 5 | 2/36 | 48.60 | 9.34 | 31.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8 | 151 | 244 | 5 | 2/34 | 48.80 | 9.69 | 30.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 12 | 264 | 369 | 7 | 1/22 | 52.71 | 8.38 | 37.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 54 | 78 | 1 | 1/32 | 78.00 | 8.66 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 |
There have been very few occasions on which Shami has played for his state team since he made his debut on the international stage in 2013. Following a period of four months during which he had not participated in any kind of competitive cricket, he played a limited-overs match in March of 2017. Later that same year, he participated in four Ranji Trophy matches, which was his first participation in the tournament in around five years.
His goal was to improve and maintain his fitness. In 2018, Bengal played a single first-class match. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) requested that he be restricted to bowling no more than 15 overs in each innings during the match. This was done to guarantee that he would be healthy enough to participate in a forthcoming test series.
The 2018–19 season was the last time Shami appeared on the field for Bengal. In November of 2013, Shami made his debut in the Test match against West Indies at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, in front of the audience that he considered to be his home. It was during the first innings that he grabbed his first wicket in a test match, which was Kieran Powell. He ended with stats of 4/71 with that wicket.
