What could have been expected when Indian skipper Rohit Sharma entrusted Mohammad Shami, who has not played a match for three months, to bowl the last over! Australia need 11 runs to win. Rohit must have thought that the Aussies might win, but it would be an experience for Shami. Who would have thought that Shami, who replaced Jasprit Bumrah who missed the Twenty20 World Cup due to injury, would perform such a miracle on the pitch at the Gabba!
Mohammad Shami was a star who started to disappear from the memory of fans after last July when he was caught with injuries and covid. When preparing to bowl the first ball at the Gabba, the only support I had was experience. Shami, who created many fans in Test cricket with his impeccable seam position, line and length, did not need that skill here. 6 yorkers if possible. Otherwise a length ball that cannot score a boundary. A performance like the one-day World Cup 2019 when he scored a hat-trick in the death overs to give India victory over Afghanistan.
At the Gabba, Shami found the perfect length on the very first ball. The old intensity in rhythm run-up and speed of the ball. The yorkers were on fire as they grew in confidence with each ball. The yorkers who took Australia’s last 2 wickets were confident.
Shami, who missed the Twenty20 series against South Africa due to Covid, resumed training after September 28.
If Shamik manages to maintain this excellence in the death overs, it will solve a big problem faced by the Indian team in the recent past.
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