Watch: Mohammed Shami nearly knocks off Mark Wood's head with dangerous delivery on India comeback
Published - 28 Jan 2025, 09:00 PM | Updated - 28 Jan 2025, 11:56 PM
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The long wait of 14 months finally ended as Mohammed Shami made his return to international cricket in the ongoing third T20I against the England National Cricket Team. The match between the two teams is underway at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
After missing the two games, Mohammed Shami was back in the Indian XI as he replaced Arshdeep Singh in the team. The fast bowler bowled decent lines and lengths and troubled the England National Cricket Team batters with the new ball inside the powerplay.
Mohammed Shami failed to take a wicket on his return, bowls decent lines and lengths to trouble the England batters
Mohammed Shami failed to take a wicket on his return, but more than that, what was important was how he ran and bowled. The fast bowler ticked that box to some extent and it's fair to say that the game time at the international stage surely would've boosted his confidence.
Mohammed Shami was looking to control the ball. But the fast bowler wasn't up to that mark, and it was evident during the 19th over the first innings when the India National Cricket Team pacer almost took down England National Cricket Team pacer Mark Wood with a deadly ball.
Mohammed Shami bowled a high full toss that was above the batter's waist and even keeper Sanju Samson fumbled to gather it behind the stumps. Mark Wood was lucky to escape as he saved himself.
Watch: Mohammed Shami bowls a deadly full toss to Mark Wood in the third T20I between India and England in Rajkot
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Mohammed Shami bowled three overs in the game and gave away 26 runs. The star for the India National Cricket Team with the ball was Varun Chakravarthy. The mystery spinner picked five wickets and didn't let the England National Cricket Team batters get runs in middle order.
Along with Varun Chakravarthy, Hardik Pandya picked two wickets while Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel also bagged one wicket each. Based on their effort, India National Cricket Team restricted England National Cricket Team to the total of 171 runs.
England National Cricket Team then came up with the magical effort with the ball, restrict India to 145 runs to win the game by 26 runs
England National Cricket Team then came up with the magical effort with the ball. They kept picking wickets at regular intervals and didn't let the India National Cricket Team batters settle at all. Jamie Overton bagged three wickets while Brydon Carse picked two scalps.
Jofra Archer also took two wickets while Mark Wood and Adil Rashid also were amongst the wickets. For India, Hardik Pandya was the top run-getter with his 40-run mark while rest of the batters failed to go past 25-run mark. The visitors restricted India to 145 runs to win the game by 26 runs.
