Zoom News : Oct 18, 2022, 01:19 PM
T20 World Cup | Mohammed Shami came to bowl for Team India in his first official warm-up match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 and it did not seem that he has come to play in this format after a long break. On Monday, Team India won against Australia by six runs and Shami was the biggest hero of this victory. India had to defend 11 runs in the last over. Shami did not bowl a single over in the entire match, but in this difficult time, Rohit Sharma handed the ball to Shami. Four runs went off the first two balls of Shami, but four wickets came off the last four balls. However, in the eyes of former Team India cricketer Suresh Raina, Shami is not the perfect replacement of Team India's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.Bumrah was selected in the T20 World Cup squad, while Shami was in the list of standby players. Bumrah was injured before the tournament and Shami was included in the main squad in his place. Shami showed in the warm-up matches how he has the power to get Team India out of trouble. Shami took three wickets for four runs in the only over. Australia's one wicket was runout in the last over.Raina said on NDTV, 'I would not call Shami a perfect replacement because you cannot replace players like Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja. Both have played matches for Team India continuously and have performed well with consistency. But yes, you chose the best option that you had. Shami has done well. He is in good form. BCCI did a great job by sending Team India to Australia 15 days before the tournament. We have to play cricket without fear and show good spirit.