Rahul Tiwari
khelja|11-12-2024
The first quarter-final match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 was played between the teams of Baroda and Bengal. In this match, Baroda team won by 41 runs. That means Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami had to face defeat. Mohammed Shami is playing continuously in domestic cricket after returning from injury, so that he can make his place in Team India. In such a situation, everyone's eyes remained on Shami during this match. BCCI is also keeping a close eye on Shami's fitness. Even though Shami could not make his team win the match, he achieved a great feat.
While playing in the quarter-final match against Baroda, Mohammed Shami spent 43 runs in 4 overs, which means he proved to be very expensive.
However, during this period he also took 2 wickets. With these two wickets, Shami also completed his 200 wickets in T20 cricket. Let us tell you, Shami is the 8th Indian to take 200 wickets as a fast bowler in T20 cricket. Before Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Sandeep Sharma, Arshdeep Singh and Umesh Yadav have achieved this feat.Let us tell you, Shami has played 165 T20 matches so far, out of which he has played 23 matches for Team India.
During this period, Shami has given runs at an economy of 8.19 and has taken 201 wickets. He has also achieved the feat of taking 4 wickets in an innings 3 times during his T20 career. Apart from this, Shami is only the third player from India to have taken 200 wickets in T20 as well as List A and First Class cricket. Apart from Shami, only Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah's names are included in this list.In this match played between the two teams, the Bengal team had won the toss and decided to bowl first, but this decision of the team proved to be wrong.
Batting first, Baroda team scored 172 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. But against the target of 173 runs, Bengal team could score only 131 runs in 18 overs and were all out. Due to which he had to face defeat by 41 runs. Batting first, Baroda team scored 172 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. But against the target of 173 runs, Bengal team could score only 131 runs in 18 overs and were all out. Due to which he had to face defeat by 41 runs.