The team was about to lose, then Mohammed Shami did wonders, gave Bengal a thrilling victory.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|16-11-2024

Team India, which seemed to be stuck in trouble just a few days ago, the challenge for it in the Test series on Australia tour was looking very tough, the clouds of crisis were visible over the team, now suddenly they have started to dissipate. Suddenly news of relief has started coming for Team India. On one hand, captain Rohit Sharma has become a father for the second time and now his chances of playing in the first test are also visible, while the biggest relief seems to be coming from the fitness and form of star fast bowler Mohammed Shami. Shami, who was out of action due to injury for almost a year, made a comeback in excellent style and led his team Bengal to a thrilling victory in the Ranji Trophy.

Mohammed Shami, who was suffering from an ankle injury since the World Cup last year, was not included in Team India on the Australia tour. Questions remained over Shami's fitness and he could not make a comeback even in domestic cricket. In such a situation, it was believed that without Shami, Team India would have to play the entire Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. At such a time, Shami suddenly returned to the Bengal team and was included in the playing eleven for the last match of the first phase of Ranji Trophy against Madhya Pradesh. In such a situation, everyone's eyes were only on how he performs and whether he maintains fitness during the entire match.

Gave thrilling victory in the last innings

In this match played for 4 days in Indore, Shami has answered every question very well. Not only did Shami complete all the 4 days of the match without any problem, but he also troubled the batsmen with his excellent bowling. Shami had given the fans a chance to be happy by taking 4 wickets in the first innings and now he has made his team happy. After the amazing first innings, Shami gave a strong performance in the second innings too and led the team to a thrilling victory by 11 runs. Madhya Pradesh needed 338 runs to win but Shami had sent back two key middle order batsmen in the form of Rajat Patidar and Anubhav Agarwal to the pavilion.

After this, spinner Shahbaz Ahmed also did wonders and put Madhya Pradesh in trouble by taking 4 wickets. Despite this, Madhya Pradesh had a chance to win. He needed 14 runs but only one wicket was left. Despite this, anything could have happened but Shami showed his magic by taking the last wicket and gave Bengal a thrilling victory by 11 runs. Not only this, Shami also put the team in a good position by scoring 37 runs in just 36 balls in the second innings, which ultimately was enough for victory.

Shami looked fit in the entire match, will he go to Australia?

Shami bowled 24.3 overs in this innings and took 3 wickets. He also bowled 19 overs in the first innings. That means in the entire match he bowled about 44 overs and took 7 wickets. This is enough to say that Shami was completely fit while bowling in the entire match and did not appear to be in pain. Despite this, Shami will once again go to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, where the medical team will scan him, in which his fitness will be re-checked. If no problem is seen here then they can be sent to Australia.

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