Confident Shami Isn't Worried For His Place In Indian Team After Injury

Pacer Mohammed Shami, who is gearing up to return to competitive cricket with Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL), says the recent competition in pace bowlers' spots doesn't put pr

The 30-year-old bowler, who picked 20 wickets in 14 matches in IPL 2020, has just come out of quarantine and has begun practicing with the Punjab Kings players.

"I have just got out of quarantine. Practice was going on from earlier. I have just started that with the team. We have 10-12 days (Punjab play the first game against Rajasthan Royals on April 12) left. We will have a few sessions," added Shami.

The fast bowler said that the period away from competitive cricket and recovery was spent working on the basics.

"I always work on my basics, whatever the tournament or series. I see what condition I have play in. It is not like that I have to play with pressure or develop something new [when coming back from a break to keep myself relevant]. Whatever is my stock, I work on that," he added.

The Bengal bowler, who comes from Moradabad, said that variations and using one's skills to the optimum will be key. He wasn't surprised with the way variations were put to good effect.

"Especially in India variations is very important, since you are in your home conditions, you should know how to use your skills, variations. As a unit you have to work [together]. When you play in home conditions, you have to do something [to surprise batsmen]," Shami said. He pointed out that there are no pre-set plans for the tournament.

"We have to study the situations in a match and you work according to that. You can't plan beforehand, because you don't know the situation on the day."