Mohammed Shami has been in the news recently due to the news of his drop from the Indian team. Now the news is that the Election Commission has sent summons to Shami and his younger brother Mohammad Kaif. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued notices to both the brothers for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing. Actually, the Election Commission has noticed some discrepancies in the census forms of Shami and Kaif. This process started from 16 December.

Mohammed Shami plays for Bengal in domestic cricket, but he is originally from Uttar Pradesh, but has been living in Kolkata for a long time. Shami and his brother were ordered to appear before the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer on January 5, but due to the Vijay Hazare Trophy schedule, they will not be able to attend the SIR related hearing on January 5.

Shami had written a letter to the ECI regarding his prior commitments, after which his hearing date has been postponed to January 9-11. By then, Bengal’s group matches will have ended, while the quarterfinal matches will start from January 12.

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami and his brother Mohammed Kaif are voters of Ward No. 93 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, which comes under Rash Behari Assembly constituency. This matter is said to be related to technical flaws in progeny and self-mapping.

Mohammed Shami is continuously performing well in Indian domestic cricket. Has taken 11 wickets in 5 matches for Bengal in Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26. Before this, he had also performed strongly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Despite this, he has not got a place in the Indian squad for the New Zealand ODI series.

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Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has not been able to make a comeback in the Indian squad selected by BCCI against New Zealand. Former cricketer Irfan Pathan expressed his displeasure on this and raised questions on the working methods of the selection committee. Pathan said that till when will Shami have to prove his fitness and ignoring him is beyond comprehension.

Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana have been selected as fast bowling options in the Indian squad for the next ODI series. Shami has been out of Team India since Champions Trophy 2025, now Irfan Pathan has come out in his support.

Shami’s ability…

Irfan Pathan said on his YouTube channel, “The center of biggest discussion is Mohammed Shami, what is his future? He is not a name who comes yesterday and goes out after playing a few matches. He has taken 450-500 wickets in international cricket, which is a huge number. If you have taken 400 wickets, get dropped and still questions start being raised on fitness. In the game of cricket, everyone has to prove themselves, but Mohammed Shami’s It is not right to doubt the ability.”

Targeted on selection committee

Irfan Pathan further said that after returning from injury, Mohammed Shami has bowled 200 overs, this many overs are enough to prove his fitness. Pathan said, “What more does he need to prove than this? If Shami still needs to prove his fitness, only the selection committee knows what it is thinking.”

Indian squad for New Zealand ODI series: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer (subject to fitness clearance), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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Fans Emotional For Mohammed Shami: Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami was once again ignored. On Sunday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Team India for the 3-match ODI series against New Zealand to be held from January 11. Fans were hoping that Shami would get a chance in the first series of 2026, but it did not happen.

The ignoring of Shami, who has consistently performed well in domestic cricket, also indicates that the Indian Cricket Board has moved ahead of him and perhaps this is the end of Shami’s international career. Even on social media, fans appeared emotional after Shami was not selected.

Fans became emotional about Shami

Fans appeared quite emotional on social media after not seeing Shami in Team India. While sharing Shami’s picture, a user wrote, “Today’s team selection indicated that Mohammed Shami’s international cricket career may probably end here.” Similarly, fans were seen very emotional about the Indian pacer.

Today’s team selection gave us an indication that this might be the end of Mohammed Shami’s journey in international cricket pic.twitter.com/xiVpkWxzuI

—Sohel. (@SohelVkf) January 3, 2026

Where is Mohammed Shami??? Why are you guys doing injustice to him? pic.twitter.com/SQWsUlVOlR

— Kusha Sharma  (@Kushacritic) January 3, 2026

Probably the end for Mohammed Shami in Intl.

Mohammed Shami not included in the ODI squad against New Zealand.#INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/JU8FYZEFDW

— (@Shebas_10dulkar) January 3, 2026

– Has the Indian team now moved on from Mohammed Shami?

– What could be the reason behind Shami not being selected?
pic.twitter.com/gWzhHMG31t

— AYUSH MHATRE (PARODY) (@ayush_m255) January 3, 2026

BCCI and Shameless so-called Coach Gautam Gambhir dropped our best bowler Mohammed Shami just to accommodate garbage like Harshit Rana and Prashidh Krishna. https://t.co/TyIoraIQc1 pic.twitter.com/bdP71ykJ2A

— NiiK (@Niiki099) January 3, 2026

This man has crossed all limits of bias.
Mohammed Shami, who has been consistently performing well in domestic cricket, is having his career ruined by Ajit Agarkar due to politics. No legendary player plays as much domestic cricket as Shami has.#mohammadshami #bccl #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/xw96MDko5d

— ᴬᵁᴿᴬ (@AURAICTT) January 3, 2026

Shami’s last match for India?

Let us tell you that Shami played the last match for Team India in the final of 2025 Champions Trophy. The thing to note is that Shami was the joint highest wicket taker for India in the Champions Trophy. He took 9 wickets in the tournament.

Continued excellent performance in domestic cricket

The thing to note is that Shami is currently playing Vijay Hazare Trophy for Bengal. In this 50 over tournament, Shami has taken 11 wickets in 5 matches. Earlier in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Shami had taken 16 wickets in 7 matches. The Indian pacer had also performed brilliantly in Ranji Trophy matches. Even after doing all this, Shami was not selected, which somehow makes it clear that his international career is over.

Mohammed Shami may return to the Indian team very soon. At present, Shami is continuously making waves in Indian domestic cricket. Vijay is performing well in Hazare Trophy, before that he has also performed well in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Ranji Trophy. A media report has revealed that BCCI is keeping a close watch on Shami’s domestic performance.

According to a report published in NDTV, a BCCI official said that the board is keeping an eye on Shami’s domestic performance and now the chances of his return seem to be increasing.

Mohammed Shami will play 2027 ODI World Cup!

It was told in the report that Mohammed Shami’s name is being discussed regularly in BCCI and he is not out of the race yet. The concern remains only about his fitness. The source said, “A bowler of his caliber will definitely take wickets. It would be wrong to say that he is out of the race for selection in the team. He seems to be in a good position for selection in the series against New Zealand. Given his experience and wicket-taking ability, his selection in the team will not be surprising. His selection in the 2027 World Cup is also completely possible.”

Mohammed Shami played the last match for Team India in the Champions Trophy 2025. Shami was the highest wicket taker for India in the Champions Trophy. He and Varun Chakraborty took 9 wickets in the tournament. Despite this, Shami has not been able to play any match for Team India after that. He has taken 17 wickets in the last 6 matches including Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

There has been a lot of controversy regarding Shami in the last few months. In fact, after being dropped from the series against Australia, he had said in the statement that it is not his job to give information about fitness to the selectors. On the other hand, Team India’s Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had also reacted to this and said that if Shami had been fit, he would have definitely got a chance to go on the England tour.

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Mohammed Shami has not been selected in the Indian squad for the South Africa T20 series. He was last seen playing a match for Team India in the Champions Trophy 2025. After that, Team India played Tests, ODIs and T20s, but Shami kept dropping from the squad. Amidst all this, Shami has created a stir in Indian domestic cricket. Now he has created a stir in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with his havoc-wreaking balls.

On Thursday, there was a match between Bengal and Services in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament, which Bengal easily won by 7 wickets. Shami bowled a lethal spell and took a total of 3 wickets.

Mohammed Shami’s havoc

In this match, Services team was all out for 165 runs while playing first. The biggest role in destroying the services was played by Mohammed Shami, who gave only 13 runs in 3.2 overs and dismissed four batsmen. Shami’s havoc was so severe on the services that he dismissed Gaurav Khochar on the very first ball of the match.

This was Bengal’s fourth win in 5 matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. With this victory, Bengal team has come on top in the points table of its group. Abhimanyu Easwaran is captaining the Bengal team in this T20 tournament.

This brilliant performance of Mohammed Shami has come at a time when the Indian pace attack has been exposed in the ODI series against South Africa. In the second ODI, Prasidh Krishna definitely took 2 wickets but gave away 85 runs. As a result, Team India lost the second ODI match even after scoring 358 runs. Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has also raised questions as to why there is no experienced fast bowler in the squad for the ODI series against South Africa.

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In the first Test played in Kolkata, South Africa defeated India by 30 runs, which proved to be one of the worst defeats for Team India. India had to score only 124 runs, but due to the brilliant bowling of Simon Harmer, this target proved to be like a mountain. Of course Harmer was the hero of this victory, but Temba Bavuma’s half-century innings also played a big role. Indian bowlers could not dismiss Bavuma in the second innings, while on the other hand, Mohammed Shami is making waves in the Ranji Trophy.

The Kolkata Test ended in just 3 days, whereas when the third day’s play started, Team India had the upper hand. South Africa had lost 7 wickets, while the lead was only 63 runs. On the third day, no bowler could dismiss Temba Bavuma, due to which the lead crossed 100. Bavuma scored an unbeaten 55 runs, he was the only batsman who scored a half-century in this test.

Mohammed Shami is dominating in Ranji Trophy

The selectors were also criticized on social media for not including Mohammed Shami in the Test series against South Africa. Because Shami had bowled brilliantly in Ranji Trophy, taking 15 wickets in 2 matches. Now even when India lost the first test, Shami’s brilliant bowling continues.

Mohammed Shami, playing for the Bengal team, took 3 wickets for 64 runs in a spell of 23.2 overs against Assam. Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal also took the same number of wickets. Due to the bowling of Shami and Suraj, the entire Assam team was reduced to 200.

Will Mohammed Shami be able to play the second test?

Mohammed Shami is not a part of the Test squad against South Africa, so it is very difficult for him to play in Guwahati. However, the possibility cannot be ruled out that Shami may come into the team as a replacement.

India vs South Africa test series starts from tomorrow. The first Test match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata from November 14, which will start at 9:30 am Indian time. In the last few months, there has been a lot of discussion on the name of Mohammed Shami, who has not been able to return to Team India after the Champions Trophy. Shami himself has been claiming to be completely fit, but has been continuously dropped from the Indian squad. Now before the first test match of India-South Africa (IND vs SA 1st Test), captain Shubman Gill has given a big statement about Shami.

Big statement on Mohammed Shami

Before the India vs South Africa first Test match, Shubman Gill said, “There are not many bowlers of his caliber. But you also have to keep an eye on the bowlers who are playing right now. Akashdeep, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, all of them have shown excellent performance. Sometimes it is very difficult to take decisions when bowlers like Shami Bhai have to sit out. We have to think about the future as well, especially when you are going on a foreign tour.”

Second question postponed on Shami

Meanwhile, Shubman Gill was also asked whether Mohammed Shami is included in the future plans of Team India or not. Will he return in the upcoming series or not? Captain Gill avoided this question and said that the selectors would be able to answer this question better than him.

Mohammed Shami is currently wreaking havoc in Indian domestic cricket. So far, he has played 2 matches in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season, in which he has taken 15 wickets. The most important thing is that amidst questions being raised about his fitness, he has bowled long bowling spells for Bengal.

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Mohammed Shami has not returned to Team India since the Champions Trophy. On one hand Shami says that he is completely fit, on the other hand Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar said that Shami was not selected due to not being completely fit. Shami was not even selected in the Test series against West Indies after the England tour. Now he has not been selected even for the South Africa Test series. Amidst the ongoing controversy regarding Shami’s selection, a BCCI spokesperson has given a big statement.

According to news agency PTI, a BCCI spokesperson said, “It has happened many times when the selectors and the support staff of the BCCI Center of Excellence have inquired about the fitness of Mohammed Shami. The selection committee wanted to take him to England, because Jasprit Bumrah was not going to play more than three Tests. Who would not want a bowler of Shami’s caliber in the conditions of England?”

India vs South Africa test series starts from 14th November. Mohammed Shami has not been selected in the Team India squad for this series also. On this, the source said, “A narrative has been set that no contact was made with Shami, this is absolutely not true. The Sports Science team has his medical report, which tells whether Shami can bear the burden of international matches or not.”

Strong comeback in Ranji Trophy

Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami has made a comeback in the domestic red ball tournament Ranji Trophy. He has shown match-winning performances in both the matches so far for Bengal. Shami has taken 15 wickets in just 2 matches of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday evening announced the team for the Test series against South Africa. Rishabh Pant returned to the team as vice-captain under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Akash Deep was also included but once again fast bowler Mohammed Shami was ignored. Everyone’s eyes were fixed on him along with Pant. Shami was seen with selector RP Singh in Ranji Trophy, after which the discussion on him intensified.

Last time, the reason for Mohammed Shami’s exclusion was fitness. Shami is currently playing for Bengal team in Ranji Trophy, where he took 7 wickets against Uttarakhand and 8 wickets against Gujarat. After taking 15 wickets in 2 matches, it seemed that Shami could be included in the Test series against South Africa, but it did not happen.

Gambhir-Agarkar criticized on social media

A fan wrote on social media, “This management is ignoring older players. We have examples of this, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ashwin and now Shami.” Another fan wrote, “There is no place for Mohammed Shami in the Indian team for the South Africa Test! It is difficult to be like Mohammed Shami, he deserves better than this.”

One fan wrote, “Why is Mohammed Shami not in the team? Is his fitness a matter of concern despite all the hard work in Ranji Trophy and other competitions? Could this be the end of Shami playing for India?”

why is @MdShami11 not in the squad?

Is his fitness still a concern even after his hard work in the Ranji Trophy and other competitions?

Could this be the end of Mohammed Shami’s time playing for India?#MohammedShami #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/z2nI0ipjhL

— Rohit Sharma Fan (@hitmanfanfollow) November 5, 2025

No Mohammed Shami for South Africa Tests!

He’s played all three Ranji Trophy games for Bengal this season, picking 15 wickets at 15.53, SR 37.2#Shami #INDvSA

— Vishwa Prakash Yadav (@vishwaprakash09) November 5, 2025

India’s test squad against South Africa

Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper, vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep.

Mohammed Shami has not been able to make a place in the national team since the Champions Trophy. A few days ago, the fast bowler had given a big statement saying that BCCI did not contact him for information about his fitness. Whereas Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had said that Shami is not in the team due to fitness. Now Shami is dominating the Ranji Trophy, he took 7 wickets in the first match and 8 wickets in the second match against Gujarat. He took 5 wickets in the second innings, after which he said a big thing while talking to the media.

Responding to Agarkar’s statement, Mohammed Shami had said, “It is not my responsibility to give updates on my fitness, my job is to go to NCA, prepare and play the matches, it is their matter who gives them updates, who does not. It is not my responsibility.”

Responding to this, Agarkar had said that he had talked to Shami about his not being selected and if he has any problem then he will talk to him again. Agarkar also said that the BCCI medical team does not feel that he is ready to play international matches. Responding to this, Shami had earlier said, “Let them say whatever they want.”

Chief selector and Mohammed Shami were seen face to face, meanwhile recently appointed BCCI selector (Central Zone) RP Singh went to meet Shami during the Ranji Trophy match, he was seen talking to Shami.

What did Mohammed Shami say after taking 5 wickets against Gujarat?

After taking 5 wickets against Gujarat in Ranji Trophy, Bengal player Mohammed Shami exercised restraint while talking to journalists and took care not to say anything controversial. He said, “

I am always in controversies, you (media) have made me such a bowler. If I speak, there will be an uproar. What should I say now? I can’t blame you, everyone does it. People say anything even on social media.”