Irfan Pathan Gave Statement Regarding Mohammed Shami Return to India Squad: India’s lethal fast bowler Mohammed Shami played an important role in making Team India champion in the Champions Trophy 2025. At the same time, now he is not able to return to the Indian team. Shami was earlier out of the team due to injury, but now he has completely regained his fitness and is also performing well in domestic cricket. Despite this, the selectors are not giving him a chance. Irfan Pathan has expressed a lot of disappointment over the non-selection of Mohammed Shami in the Indian team. He scolded the selectors for this and also told Shami the last way to make a comeback in Team India.

Irfan Pathan gave statement regarding Mohammed Shami

While talking on his YouTube channel, Irfan Pathan said, ‘What is his future? He is not a player who came yesterday, played a few matches and left. He has taken 450-500 international wickets, which are huge numbers. If you have taken more than 400 wickets and then you are dropped from the team and questions are raised on your fitness – it happens to everyone. As long as you play cricket, you have to keep proving yourself.

Talking further, he said, ‘Shami has already bowled 200 overs. After bowling 200 overs, if it is a matter of fitness, then the fitness is already visible and what needs to be improved, only the selection committee knows what they are thinking? If I were in his place, I would have gone to play IPL and created a stir. I would have taken the new ball and performed at that level. There is talk of domestic cricket performance, but when IPL comes and you show your old rhythm and fitness, then no one can ignore you. The whole world watches IPL. If you perform there, you regain your place in the squad. I believe that doors should not be closed for them.

Mohammed Shami was last seen playing for the Indian team in the Champions Trophy final. After that he could not get a place in the Test, T20 and ODI team also. Some time ago, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had said that Shami is not completely fit, hence he could not return to the team. On the contrary, Shami said that he is completely fit only then he is able to play in Ranji Trophy. Meanwhile, Team India’s new selector and former Indian cricketer RP Singh has come to meet him.

Mohammed Shami is currently playing for Bengal in Ranji Trophy, whose second match is going on with Gujarat. Shami had dismissed 3 batsmen of Gujarat in the first innings. Shami has so far taken 10 wickets in only three innings of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season.

RP Singh met Mohammed Shami

On Sunday, the second day of the Bengal vs Gujarat match, RP Singh, one of the new selectors of Team India, met Mohammed Shami. According to a report published in Sportskeeda, RP Singh was present at Eden Gardens on Sunday. After the end of the second day’s play, he talked to Mohammed Shami. This meeting of the two has come at a time when the topic of ‘Shami vs Agarkar’ has been much discussed in the past.

Shami is proving Ajit Agarkar wrong

Team India’s Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar said that due to not being completely fit, Shami did not get a chance in the Test series against West Indies. But Shami is not only bowling long spells for Bengal in Ranji Trophy but is also taking wickets at a rapid rate.

In the match against Uttarakhand, Shami bowled 39.3 overs in both the innings and took 7 wickets in the match. Now in the first innings against Gujarat, he bowled 18.3 overs and took 3 wickets.

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The atmosphere seems to be heating up regarding Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami. Shami had taken a dig at Team India’s Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar and said that he is completely fit and will play for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy. Shami also said that it is not his job to give information to the selection committee about his fitness. Shami has also proved his fitness by bowling long spells in the first match. But meanwhile, Ajit Agarkar has given a statement on Shami’s comment.

Ajit Agarkar replied

According to NDTV, Ajit Agarkar, while replying to Mohammed Shami’s comment, said, “Mohammad Shami has been an excellent performer for the Indian team. If he has said something, then maybe I need to talk to him or he needs to talk to me. Even before the England tour, we had said that if he had been fit, he would have definitely been selected in the squad. Unfortunately, he was not fully fit. Now our domestic season has started, the time is yet to come.” Will tell you what happens.”

What did Shami say?

Recently, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had said that he does not have any update regarding Shami. When Shami was asked a question in this regard, he said, “My job is only to go to NCA, practice and play matches. Selection is not in my hands. If there was any fitness problem, I would not have been here (in Ranji Trophy). If I can play a match lasting 4 days, then I can play in the 50-over format as well.”

Mohammed Shami is playing in Ranji Trophy

Mohammed Shami is currently playing for Bengal in Ranji Trophy. In the first round Ranji Trophy match against Uttarakhand, he took 3 wickets for just 37 runs in 14.5 overs. In this he also bowled 4 maiden overs. In the Bengal vs Uttarakhand match, he bowled 15 overs and gave only 21 runs till stumps on the third day. Shami has bowled about 30 overs in this match and somewhere he has proved his fitness.

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Fast bowler Mohammed Shami last played in the Champions Trophy. At that time, Shami was included in the squad after Jasprit Bumrah was out of the tournament. After that the selectors also excluded him from the Test series against the Asia Cup, West Indies. BCCI has not given Shami a chance in ODIs and T20 series against Australia. Now Shami has turned to domestic cricket to remain in the eyes of the selectors.

According to The Telegraph, the head coach of the Bengal cricket team Laxmi Ratna Shukla has confirmed that Mohammed Shami can be seen playing the first match for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy, in which she has to face Uttarakhand. Earlier, Shami has questioned the decision of the selection committee. He said that he is fully fit to play domestic cricket. There was no problem related to injury that made him sit out of the Asia Cup.

Bengal coach Laxmi Ratna Shukla said, “I spoke to Shami 6 or 7 days ago, he has shown interest in playing a Ranji match. So we are in the hope that he will play the first match of the season for Bengal.” There is an update indication on Shami that he has no mood for retirement right now.

Recently, according to sources, a BCCI official said, “At present, the chances of returning to the Indian team are getting difficult for Shami. He was not able to perform well in the Dilip Trophy match. His age is increasing, while even in terms of speed, he did not appear in his best rhythm in the Dilip Trophy. But he would have to be active in domestic cricket to continue the game.”

The Ranji Trophy will be the first match of the Bengal team in the 2025-26 season against Uttarakhand from October 15, which is to be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.

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Mohammed shami hasin jahan divorce case: Mohammed Shami and his wife Haseen Jahan have been living separately for almost a year. The Calcutta High Court had recently ordered Indian cricketer Shami, while hearing the maintenance petition of Haseen Jahan, to provide Rs 4 lakh per month alimony to his wife and daughter. Reacting to this, Haseen Jahan said that the maintenance of Rs 4 lakh is low. But now he has shared a video and a long-wide message with him, in which his love for Shami is visible.

Love returned after 7 years, sang superhit song

Haseen Jahan has shared a video clip on Instagram, in which she is seen singing the song ‘Pyaar Mein Hai Hai Kya Magic’. This song is ‘Papa Kehta’ is from the movie, which is released in the year 1996. The then star singer Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik sang this superhit song.

Haseen Jahan shared a long message with this video clip, in which he also wrote ‘I Love You’ for Mohammed Shami. He wrote that his legal battle with Shami has been going on for 7 years, due to which no one has achieved anything. He also used words like characterless, greedy and ego in his post.

How did Shami and Haseen Jahan’s distance increased

Mohammed Shami and Haseen Jahan married in 2014. After 4 years of marriage, in March 2018, Hasin Jahan accused Mohammed Shami and his family of physical and mental harassment. Shami was charged with attempted murder, domestic harassment and attempting to poison. However, Shami had dismissed all these allegations. Haseen Jahan even accused Shami of match fixing, but the BCCI’s anti-corruption unit gave a clean chit to the Indian fast bowler in the match-fixing case after investigation.

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