Mohammed Shami was back at his best in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match against Bangladesh. Back to international cricket after 14 months, he took the game like duck to water.
Shami opened the bowling for India and showed immense control. His pace was also up and he was getting the ball to move sharply as well. There were a few concerns with Shami's fitness and how he would approach the game, but the Indian pacer looked fully fit throughout.
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat first. It turned out to be a nightmarish decision as Bangladesh lost five wickets inside the first powerplay.
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Mohammed Shami Tumbles Records After Fifer Against Bangladesh
Shami started the demolition job for the Tigers taking two out of the first five wickets to fall. Harshit Rana took two and Axar Patel dismissed the opener Tanzid Hasan for 25. Shami picked the wickets of Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz in his first spell.
He then came back and broke the 158-run partnership between Jaker Ali and Towhid Hridoy. He got Jaker Ali caught at long-on by Virat Kohli. Ali was his third wicket and in his final spell, he came back to dismiss Bangladesh pacers Tanzim Hasan Sakinb and taskin Ahmed to get them bowled out for 228.
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Shubman Gill took care of the Indian run-chase with his unbeaten century. Crucial contributions from Rohit Sharma (41) and KL Rahul (41*) gave India a comfortable win in the end. However, this match was all about Mohammed Shami first and then Shubman Gill.
Shami during his spell, became the bowler with the most fifers in ICC tournaments. Shami now has five fifers while Mitchell Starc, Glenn McGrath and Shahid Afridi all had three each.
Most 5-wicket hauls in an ICC ODI event
5 - Mohammad Shami*
3 - Glenn McGrath
3 - Shahid Afridi
3 - Mitchell Starc
In the match where Kohli got to the most catches by an Indian outfielder, Shami also overtook Zaheer Khan to become the quickest Indian bowler to get to 200 ODI wickets. Shami also overtook Zaheer Khan's tally of most wickets in ICC tournaments for India. Zaheer had 59 previously in 32 innings while Shami now has 60 wickets in just 19 innings.
Most wickets for India in ICC ODI events
60 - Mohammad Shami (19 inns)
59 - Zaheer Khan (32 inns)
47 - Javagal Srinath (35 inns)
43 - Ravindra Jadeja (32 inns)
42 - Jasprit Bumrah (25 inns)
42 - Anil Kumble (28 inns)
The Indian pacer ended up with 24 wickets in just seven matches in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. In the 2019 ODI World Cup, Shami picked up 14 wickets in just four matches including a hat-trick against Afghanistan.
