Mohammed Shami
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1990 (33 years old)
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Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPosition
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5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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Mohammed Shami (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for India in all formats as a right-arm fast or fast medium bowler. He has played for Bengal in domestic cricket and for four teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Shami bowls the ball off the seam and uses swing, including reverse swing, to move the ball both ways. He has been reputed to have an edge in the "death (closing) overs" of a limited-overs innings and, in all formats, has been described as being at times "unplayable". He is widely considered among the best bowlers of his generation and one of the greatest fast bowlers India has produced. Shami is India’s leading wicket taker at ICC Men’s Cricket World Cups with 55 wickets in 18 matches and is the current Indian record holder for best bowling spell in an ODI, as he claimed 7 wickets for 57 runs against New Zealand in November 2023. Shami is also the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in the 48 year history of Cricket World Cup spanning 13 editions.
Early life and career
Shami grew up in the village of Sahaspur in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, one of five children. His father, Tauseef Ali was a farmer who had been a fast bowler in his youth. when Shami was 15 he was taken to Badruddin Siddique, a cricket coach in Moradabad, a town 22 kilometres (14 mi) from his home.
"When I first saw him bowling at the nets as a 15-year-old kid, I knew this boy is not ordinary. So I decided to train him. For one year I prepared him for the UP trials, as we don't have club cricket over here. He was very co-operative, very regular and very hard working. He never took a day off from training. During the under 19 trials he bowled really well, but due to politics, he missed out on selection. They asked me to bring him next year, but at that moment I didn't want Shami to miss one year. So I advised his parents to send him to Kolkata."
— Badruddin Siddique on Mohammed Shami
Shami worked hard on his technique throughout his time at Moradabad; after matches, he would request the used balls so that he could develop the ability to reverse swing the older ball, a skill that would be integral to his success later in his career. He was not, however, selected for the Uttar Pradesh under-19 side, and later in 2005 Badruddin sent him to Kolkata to increase his chances of selection for a state side. After playing for the Dalhousie Athletic Club, he was recommended to Debabrata Das, a former assistant secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal, who was impressed with Shami's bowling and asked him to join his own club, Town Club. Das took Shami, who had no place to stay in Kolkata, to live with him. After bowling well for Town Club, Das asked one of the Bengal selectors, Sambaran Banerjee, to watch Shami bowl; Banerjee was impressed and selected him for the Bengal under-22 team.
"Shami never wanted money. His goal was the stumps, the sound that comes from hitting the stumps. Ever since I saw him, most of his wickets were bowled. He bowls with an upright seam, on or just outside off stump, and gets it to cut back in."
— Debabrata Das on Mohammed Shami
Shami later joined Mohun Bagan Cricket Club, one of the best sides in Bengal, in order to be considered for selection to the full state side. He bowled to former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly in the Eden Gardens nets; Ganguly recommended him to the state selectors and, soon afterwards, Shami was included in the Bengal squad for the 2010–11 Ranji Trophy.
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