Bengal vs Baroda Quarter Final Mohammed Shami: Mohammed Shami has been heavily criticized amid reports of his return to the Indian squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Yes, till now the Baroda batsmen have scored a lot of runs on the balls of Shami, who has wreaked havoc with both bat and ball in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Let us tell you that the Bengal vs Baroda quarterfinal match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In which Baroda batted first and scored 172 runs in 20 overs.
In this quarterfinal match, Shaswat Rawat and Abhimanyu Singh Rajput gave a great start to Baroda, who played innings of 40 and 37 runs. Whereas Shivalik Sharma played a cameo innings of 24 runs and in the last overs, Vishnu Solanki played a cameo inning of 16 runs in 7 balls and made a big contribution in taking the team’s score beyond 170. During this, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 and 7 runs respectively.
Shami thrashed badly
Mohammed Shami has so far taken 11 wickets in 9 matches for Bengal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Now in the quarterfinal match against Baroda, he has given away 43 runs in 4 overs. Shami was the most expensive bowler of Bengal in this knockout match and his economy rate was 10.75. Only Shahbaz Ahmed was ahead of him in economy rate, who gave away 29 runs in just 2 overs. Shami also took 2 wickets on the other side. Shami’s line-length deteriorating as he comes under pressure of the knockout match is not a good sign.
Update on Shami’s fitness
Recently, different types of claims have been coming forward regarding Mohammed Shami’s fitness and his going to Australia. In the press conference after the Adelaide Test, Indian captain Rohit Sharma had expressed concern over Shami’s fitness. But now speculations are gaining momentum that Shami is fit but is still unable to bowl long bowling spells. If this is true, then if he is included in the India-Australia Test series, then there will be a possibility of him getting injured again.
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