Sports Desk, New Delhi. Mohammed Shami Unwanted Record: Everyone’s eyes are on Indian team’s fast bowler Mohammed Shami in the Indo-Pak match. Pakistan’s team won the toss in the match against India and decided to bat first.
In this way, Mohammed entered the Dubai International Stadium to bowl the first over for India.
The first over of this match went so long that an unwanted record was registered in Shami’s name. 34-year-old Shami bowled 11 balls for the first over of Pakistan’s innings, out of which 5 balls were wide. In this way, he registered an unwanted record in his name and left fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah behind in one case too.
Mohammed Shami bowled the longest over for India in the Champions Trophy
In fact, this over of Indian team’s fast bowler Mohammed Shami was the longest over for India in the Champions Trophy, while it was the second longest over of the entire tournament. Shami bowled 11 balls to complete this over and thus he surpassed Jaspreet Bumrah’s 9-ball over, which was bowled against Pakistan in the 2017 Champions Trophy final.
IND Vs PAK: Mohammed Shami bowled 5 wide balls in the first over
Mohammed Shami came to bowl the first over for Team India in the match against Pakistan. Babar Azam and Imam ul Haq’s pair came to the crease from Pakistan’s side. Imam faced the first ball of the match and after bowling the first ball as a dot, Shami bowled the second ball wide, then bowled the second ball as a dot and bowled two wide balls before the third ball was a dot. Imam took a single on the fourth ball. After this, he bowled a dot ball on the 5th ball and again bowled back-to-back wides before bowling the sixth ball.
In this over, Shami conceded 6 runs and 5 were wides. Shami, who is making a comeback after a long injury lay-off, took five wickets against Bangladesh in the last match. He became the second Indian bowler after Ravindra Jadeja to take five wickets in the Champions Trophy and also became the fastest bowler to complete 200 ODI wickets.