Pacers Mohammed Shami and Ashok Dinda shared seven wickets between them to trigger a collapse that saw Bengal beat Tamil Nadu by 77 runs and storm into the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare One-Day tournament.
It's never easy for a fast bowler to make a comeback from a knee injury but Mohammed Shami is working very hard to get his rhythm back.
Australia laboured to a modest 263 all out on the opening day of the second Test against India in New Delhi
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While the pace department needs some urgent solutions, the spin has a slightly different landscape.
BCCI's senior officials feel that allegations of domestic violence levelled by Mohammed Shami's wife Hasin Jahan are completely under police jurisdiction and they have nothing to do with it.
India's pacemen produced a terrific display of swing bowling to crush England by 151 runs in the second Test at Lord's on Monday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Mohammed Shami set two records on day 4 of the Perth Test, says Rajneesh Gupta.
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K L Rahul has been ruled out of after failing to recover from injury to his right quadriceps
Present at the stadium to promote Bholaa, his coming film, Ajay Devgn was seen conversing with Sanjay Manjrekar and Sunil Gavaskar.
Seniors like Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara came in for a lot of flak for their below-par showing with the bat, while Jasprit Bumrah also failed to live up to expectations.
India clinched a comfortable five-wicket win over Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series.
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It was Shami and his pace colleagues who inflicted telling blows that Bangladesh could never recover from.
India's U-19 pace sensation Kamlesh Nagarkoti wants to emulate Mohammed Shami and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and said he tries to put himself in their shoes to wriggle out of tricky situations.
Jasprit Bumrah and Shikhar Dhawan are also back in both the squads, while pacer Mohammed Shami got a break from the T20 series.
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India's young pacer Mohammed Siraj got the best opportunity to hone his bowling when he bowled alongside the experienced Mohammed Shami during India's nets session in Sydney on Tuesday.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan on Thursday termed the non-selection of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the Indian lineup as "madness". "The non selection of @ashwinravi99 has to be greatest NON selection we have ever witnessed across 4 Tests in the UK !!! 413 Test wickets & 5 Test 100s !!!! #ENGvIND Madness," tweeted Vaughan.
K L Rahul is set to be included in India's 15-member provisional World Cup squad, which will be announced by Tuesday.
2008 Olympic gold medallist shooter, Abhinav Bindra took to his official X handle and thanked Neeraj for inspiring every Indian to dream big.
Shubman Gill is having a tough initiation into Gujarat Titans captaincy, but senior batter David Miller backed him, saying the 24-year-old is increasingly "adjusting" to the role.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that it will be difficult for Mohammed Shami to either replace Jasprit Bumrah or Ashish Nehra.
'Usually, there's a doubt in a bowler's mind before he approaches his captain. That has never been the case with Virat.'
South Africa skipper Dean Elgar also said the Indian pacers Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah will be a threat for the Proteas batters in the upcoming two matches.
The two fast bowlers were added to the 15-member Indian ODI team, while fellow pacer Mohammed Shami was given a break.
Game 16 of the Super 12 competition in the T20 World Cup will see India take on New Zealand at the Dubai international cricket stadium beginning 1930 IST.
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Delhi Daredevils will have to cough up Rs. 2 crore despite not getting the services of Indian paceman Mohammed Shami, who has been ruled out for atleast three months from competitive cricket due to a knee injury sustained during the World Cup.
Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav's "mature performance" in the ongoing cricket World Cup, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar feels the duo are on the path to become "world-class" bowlers and have been the key to India's success in the tournament.
Bumrah became the fastest Indian pacer to pick 150+ wickets in long-format cricket during the second day of the India-England Test match in Visakhapatnam.
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India pacer Mohammed Shami said the tourists would aim to send Australia packing as soon as possible in the first session on the second day in the third Test against Australia in Melbourne.
The bids on Rishabh Pant could well soar like his audacious no-look six in the ongoing Perth Test, as he seems poised to become the highest paid player among the 577 who will go under the hammer at the two-day IPL mega auction, starting in Jeddah on Sunday.
Indian cricket team will not just be looking to win a third ODI global title but also look at saving the '50-over format' which has been battling identity crisis for at least five years now.
The third day of the first Test ended with India scoring 16 runs for the loss of a single wicket with a total lead now of 146 runs.
Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shubman Gill, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Burmah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Hanuma Vihari and K S Bharat boarded a flight to Heathrow airport in London early on Thursday morning.
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