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Mohammed Shami expressed his views on the team management’s decision to keep him on the bench during crucial stages of the tournament in the 2019 edition.
Mohammed Shami has been away from cricket since the World Cup 2023. Team India’s fast bowler Mohammed Shami is trying to get fit again and make his debut in the team. Mohammed Shami was seen playing in the last ODI World Cup. He performed brilliantly in that tournament and took 24 wickets in the ODI World Cup and finished the tournament as the highest wicket-taker.
But then after that Mohammed Shami had heel surgery last year. Shami did not even play in the series against Australia after heel surgery. Nor was he in the T20 World Cup 2024 team. After this, recently a video of Shami practicing bowling in the nets has surfaced.
Mohammad Shami’s interview went viral
Mohammed Shami expressed his views on the team management’s decision to keep him on the bench during crucial stages of the tournament in the 2019 edition during an interview on Shubhankar Mishra’s YouTube show ‘Unplugged’. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli was the captain of Team India for the 2019 World Cup and Ravi Shastri was the head coach.
Reflecting on the 2019 World Cup, Shami said-
“In 2019 I didn’t play the first 4-5 games. In the next game, I took a hattrick, then a five-wicket haul and then a four-wicket haul. The same thing happened in 2023. I missed the first few games and then took a fifer, then a four-wicket haul and then a five-wicket haul.”
Let us tell you that he was included in the playing eleven only after all-rounder Hardik Pandya was ruled out due to injury.
Shami further said, “One thing I keep thinking is that every team needs players who can perform well. I took 13 wickets in three matches. What do you expect from me now?”
Let us tell you that, during the 2019 edition, despite taking 14 wickets in four matches, he was benched for the final league match against Sri Lanka and the semi-final against New Zealand, which India lost by 18 runs. Shami further said on this-
“I neither have questions nor do I have answers. I can only prove myself when I get a chance. You gave me a chance and I took 13 wickets in three matches. Then we lost to New Zealand.”
