Mohammed Shami – Fastest Indian to take 100 ODI wickets


Had India and Pakistan not faced the impediment of division in 1947, the gathered Indian soil could have had more pace bowlers in its kitty. Indian cricket team, no doubt is and has been one of the best cricket team in the world and is a tough competitor. Indian soil has produced few greatest cricketers such as Dilip Sardesai, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev (first Indian all-rounder), Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli to name a few. However so far as the pace bowling is concerned, India has never been that fortunate as Cricket Australia and Pakistan cricket team who hold the best pace bowling attack of all times.

In my view what matters most in game of cricket is consistency in performance. A cricketer can be called dependable and consistent when he plays his natural game of cricket in almost all the games he plays, against all the bowlers and in all the conditions whether favorable or not. One such batsman in Indian cricket has been Rahul Dravid aka “The wall”. In the area of pace bowling attack, consistency consists of wicket taking ability of a bowler thru constant Speed, line, length, pace variation and seam being the most critical factors.

Though India could not steadily produce the pace attack of over 150 kph all the times but has been blessed to have few good fast pace bowlers in its squad from time to time, namely, Mohammad Nissar, Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sahrma, Mohammad Shami to name a few.
A less acclaimed pace bowler of India during current times, Mohammad Shami, has set a new record of being the fastest Indian bowler to have claimed 100 ODI wickets. Mohd. Shami is right arm reverse swing specialist bowler with an average speed of 140 kph. Shami attained this feat in his 56th ODI game against New Zealand in January 2019 by sending Martin Guptill back to the pavilion. Followed by Shami to achieve this mark are Irfan Pathan (59 matches), Zaheer Khan (65 matches), Ajit Agarkar (67 matches) and Javagal Srinath (68 matches).

This achievement of Mohammad Shami is remarkable for few reasons. No doubt, he played lesser number of matches than any other player to enter this hall of fame but at the same time one thing pertinent to mention here is that he has not been regularly retained in Indian Cricket Team to play continuously in all the series which Indian Team plays at home or at abroad. Also he has recently struggled a lot in his personal life which shatters the morale of any player but Mohd. Shami shown his grit and gumption to come out of any hurdle and be the best and the fastest.           

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