Mohammed Shami and Virat Kohli
Although Mohammed Shami is the star fast bowler of the Indian team, but his batting records are also excellent. Shami averages more than 45 and has a strike rate of 89 in Test matches held in India since 2017. Shami has 722 runs in 85 innings of 61 Tests with 2 fifties. In the Nagpur Test too, he thrashed the Australian bowlers and scored 37 off 47 balls. Shami was instrumental in India’s lead of 223 runs. In this innings he hit 2 fours and 3 sixes. During this, Shami made such a record in which batting great Virat Kohli also remained behind him.
Many people will be surprised to hear that Mohammad Shami has left Virat Kohli behind, but it has happened in reality. Virat Kohli has so far hit only 24 sixes in 178 innings of Test cricket. At the same time, Mohammed Shami completed his 25 sixes in the 85th innings of his 61st match and left Virat Kohli behind. Not only this, apart from Virat, Shami is also ahead of some other Indian veterans. You will be surprised to see its complete list.
Indian star behind Shami in this record of Test cricket
- Virat Kohli – 24 sixes
- Rahul Dravid – 21 sixes
- KL Rahul – 17 sixes
- Cheteshwar Pujara – 15 sixes
- VVS Laxman – 5 sixes
Thanks to this useful innings of Mohammed Shami, India’s score reached 400. He made a brilliant partnership of 52 runs for the 9th wicket with Akshar Patel. He had 37 runs in this partnership. He attacked Australia’s most successful bowler Todd Murphy who took 7 wickets. Apart from vice-captain KL Rahul, he scored more and useful runs in this innings than batsmen like Pujara, Kohli, Surya and Bharat.
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