By Admin 
Mohammed Shami wreaked havoc with his lethal bowling against Services in the Ranji Trophy, taking 5 wickets in the second innings. Shami, playing for Bengal, has taken 7 wickets so far in this match. With this brilliant performance, Shami has staked a strong claim to return to the national team. The veteran bowler has been out of the Indian team for a long time.
Mohammed Shami wreaked havoc
Bengal vs Services match is going on in Group C of Ranji Trophy Elite. Services won the toss and decided to bowl first. Bengal scored a huge score of 519 runs in the first innings. Services were all out for 186 runs in the first innings, Mohammed Shami took 2 wickets in the first innings. Services could not save the follow-on. Mohammed Shami wreaked havoc with the ball in the second innings.
Mohammed Shami has taken 5 wickets so far in the second innings. Shami dismissed Shubham Rohilla, Ravi Chauhan, Rajat Paliwal, Vineet Dhankhar and Arjun Sharma in the second innings. By the end of the third day’s play, Services had lost 8 wickets at 231, while still trailing by 102 runs.
Mohammed Shami has taken a total of 7 wickets in this match so far, due to which he has replied to the selectors that he still has a lot of cricket left in him. Although Shami has performed well in domestic before also, yet he was ignored.
Will Mohammed Shami return to the national team?
Mohammed Shami played his last Test in June 2023. Shami, who played in the Champions Trophy 2025 final, has not been able to make a place in the national team since then. Shami has said many times that his job is to perform, no one ever asked him about fitness.
The Indian cricket team is currently playing the T20 series against New Zealand, after which the T20 World Cup will start from February 7. After that IPL will start, this time Shami will be seen playing for Lucknow Super Giants. The Indian team will play a 5-match Test series on England tour in July. That means, it is too early to say whether Shami will play in that series or not. But he has impressed with his bowling in domestic.
Shami’s international career
Mohammed Shami has played 64 Test, 108 ODI and 25 T20 International matches for the Indian cricket team, in which he has taken 229, 206 and 27 wickets respectively. Shami has taken 5 wicket hauls 6-6 times in Test and ODI.