3 days Ago By Ansh Sharma
There have been a lot of speculations regarding Indian pacer Mohammed Shami’s making a return to the international fold with the upcoming 5-match Border-Gavaskar series. The pacer was recently seen featuring for Bengal against Madhya Pradesh in Ranji Trophy. Shami marked his comeback to domestic cricket in style and picked up 4 wickets, which resulted in many fans as well as experts asking for his selection in the Australia Test series.
However, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that the 34-year-old’s comeback should not be rushed and pointed out that straight away playing him in such an important match would be unfair. “The Indian selectors are very keen to send Mohammed Shami to Australia alongside Rohit (Sharma). However, it’s also been heard that the Indian team wants him to play a little more cricket because one match in a year and suddenly the trip to Australia, straightaway a Test match, that can actually be a little too much to ask,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
Chopra also pointed that Shami is ‘undercooked’ as of now and will need to play a little more before making his return for the Indian team. “Mohammed Shami played one match. We couldn’t see much of his bowling because that match wasn’t getting streamed.
We did see the wickets. I will say he is undercooked. You and I want Shami to be there because Bumrah, Shami and Siraj – there is a different ring to it.
Bumrah, Siraj and Akash Deep/Prasidh Krishna – you see a little lack of experience there,” Chopra said. “However, pushing Shami so quickly into Test cricket will be questionable because firstly he hasn’t played any cricket for one year. If you play a match after one year, and suddenly you say that he should be played a Test match, that won’t be fair.
Let Shami play a little more. We want him to quickly play for India again but if you are too hasty, at times the gap becomes longer. So stay with whoever is there,” Chopra concluded.
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