Playing in his first Champions Trophy, Shami delivered high-quality performance, finishing with impressive figures of 5-53, leading India to a resounding six-wicket victory against Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With a five-fer in Dubai, Shami became India\u2019s leading wicket-taker in ICC ODI events, surpassing Zaheer Khan (59 wickets), as he took his tally to 60 scalps. In the process, he also achieved a significant personal milestone of becoming the fastest Indian bowler to reach 200 wickets. He now has 202 wickets in ODIs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"ICC tournaments and Mohammed Shami\u2014it's a great love story. Whenever he plays in an ICC tournament, he turns into a different bowler altogether. He\u2019s coming back from injury, and while he looked a bit rusty in the recent bilateral series, the positive sign was that he was getting his overs in. Today, he looked much better.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shami, 34, also became the second-quickest to pick 200 men\u2019s ODI wickets, where he\u2019s tied with former Pakistan spinner and head coach Saqlain Mushtaq, taking 104 matches to reach the milestone. The leader in this list is Australia\u2019s left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc, who did it in 102 matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Moreover, he is also the quickest ever bowler to reach 200 men\u2019s ODI wickets in terms of balls bowled, which stands at 5126 deliveries, ahead of Starc\u2019s 5240 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"We are yet to see a 100 per cent Shami, but this five-wicket haul will definitely boost his confidence. It\u2019s crucial to assess the conditions, and Shami, with his upright seam position, knows exactly where to pitch the ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"He consistently hit the six-to-eight-meter mark, which allowed him to get movement off the surface. That\u2019s why he was successful, picking up early wickets with the new ball. It was also great to see him using variations, including well-disguised slower balls,\" Chawla said on JioHotstar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The right-arm pacer was coming off a 14-month injury-induced hiatus, in which he had a heel operation on his Achilles tendon. He had injured his ankle during the ODI World Cup in 2023, which kept him out of action for more than a year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"He consistently hit the six-to-eight-meter mark, which allowed him to get movement off the surface. That\u2019s why he was successful, picking up early wickets with the new ball. It was also great to see him using variations, including well-disguised slower balls,\" Chawla said on JioHotstar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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