Mohammed Shami has taken 5 wickets so far in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He will make a big record as soon as he takes 2 wickets against New Zealand.
Mohammed Shami, ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
In the final Champions Trophy 2025 group stage match, India and New Zealand will play each other. This Group-A match will be played in Dubai on March 2. In this match, both the teams will enter with the intention of winning so that they can finish on top in the group. India and New Zealand have reached the semi-finals by winning both their matches, so in such a situation, both the teams will try to score a hat-trick of wins. In this match, there will be a lot of expectations from Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who could not do anything special with the ball in the last match against Pakistan. Shami bowled 8 overs against Pakistan but could not take any wicket. Now his goal will be to give Team India a win by performing brilliantly against New Zealand.
Shami can do wonders
Mohammed Shami will also be targeting some records against New Zealand. If Shami manages to take 1 wicket in today’s match, he will leave behind Australia’s great bowler Dennis Lillee. Dennis Lillee and Mohammed Shami both have 458-458 wickets in international cricket. As soon as the wicket account opens, the Indian bowler will go ahead of the Australian legend. Lillee took 458 wickets in 195 innings of 133 matches while Shami took the same number of wickets in 251 innings of 194 matches.
Shami is targeting a big record
If Shami takes 2 wickets, he will overtake former Australian and New Zealand bowlers in one go. In ODIs, the Indian fast bowler has taken 202 wickets in 104 innings of 105 ODIs. As soon as he takes 2 wickets, he will overtake New Zealand’s Chris Harris and former Australian bowler Craig McDermott in terms of taking the most wickets in ODIs. Both bowlers had achieved the great feat of taking 203 wickets in ODIs. Now Shami has a great opportunity to overtake both of them in the match against New Zealand.
a chance to be at the forefront
Mohammad Shami has taken 5 wickets so far in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He achieved the feat of taking a 5-wicket haul in the very first match against Bangladesh but could not take any wicket in the second match. If Shami takes 3 wickets, he will become the highest wicket-taker in the tournament. Currently, Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Umarzai is on top with 7 wickets.
