Personal

Name

Mohammed Shami Ahmed
Country

India
Gender

Male
Date of Birth

March 9, 1990

Sport Profile

Sport

Cricket
Discipline

Men's Cricket
Role

Right-arm fast medium Bowler
Level

National, International
Coach

Badruddin Siddique
Teams

India, Bengal, Delhi Daredevils, ICC World XI, India A, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata 
Profile

Mohammed Shami is an Indian international cricketer, who represents Bengal team in domestic cricket and plays in the national team since 2013. Shami is a right-armed fast-medium swing and seam bowler, who can bowl with an approximate speed of 140km per hour.

He is one of the potent fast blowers of the team and has got his training from Badruddin Siddique. He was born in a rural place of Utter Pradesh in 1990 and has started his professional training session at the age of 15. At the beginning of his career, Shami was played for the Dalhousie Athletic Club of Kolkata.

He was selected for the U-22 team of Bengal first time for his impressing bowling order and then picked for the Bengal Ranji squad in 2010. His international cricket career took a boost when he was selected for the ODI series against Pakistan in 2013.

He became a favorite bowler of ICC team selectors after witnessing his skilled bowling skill in domestic matches. Shami has some highly appreciable bowling statistics like seam-up delivery, reverse-swing, decent control on dukes and kookaburra balls, etc. Currently, he played for the Kings XI Punjab team in the IPL 2019 tournament.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

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Career Information

Debut Test Match: at Nehru Stadium Vs West Indies on 21th of November in 2013

Debut ODI Match: at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Vs Pakistan on 6th of January in 2013

Debut T20I Match: at Shere Bangla National Stadium Vs Pakistan on 21st of March in 2014

Debut IPL Match: He made his IPL debut in 2014 with Delhi Daredevils but later bought by the Kings XI Punjab team

Bowling Career:

  • He has taken 144 wickets in 40 matches in just 6 years of test career at an average of 29.54 and including 4 five-wicket hauls (as on April 29, 2019)
  • He has taken 113 wickets in 63 matches in just 6 years of ODI career at an average of 26.12  (as on April 29, 2019)
  • He has taken 8 wickets in 7 matches in 5 years of T20I career at an average of 31.25  (as on April 29, 2019)
  • He has taken 37 wickets in 47 matches in 5 years of IPL career at an average of 40.95  (as on April 29, 2019)

Batting Career:

  • He has scored 433 runs in 40 matches in 6 years of test career at an average of 11.1 and strike rate of 74.04 including 1 fifty  (as on April 29, 2019)
  • And scored 131 runs in 63 ODI matches in 6 years of ODI career with an average of 8.73 and strike rate of 86.18 (as on April 29, 2019)

 

 
Achievements/Records Associated With
  • The fastest Indian bowler to take 100 ODI wickets (in just 55 innings)
  • The second fastest Indian to take 50 ODI wickets in 2014
  • The second highest partnership for the 10th wicket (110 runs with Bhuvneshwar Kumar)
  • Five-wicket haul on Test debut
  • Indian cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut