For Mohammad Shami, who destroyed the West Indies top order at the Western Australia Cricket Ground (WACA) on Friday, it was a great moment. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who had played a vital role in his success, was watching him perform from the commentary box.
Shami, whose parents hail from the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, got selected into the Bengal team in 2010 due to Ganguly’s initiative. It was Shami’s dream to be at the nets and bowl to Ganguly and on Friday, he had Ganguly praising the strapping seam bowler for his haul of three for 35.
Many couldn’t believe that it was an Indian pacer who was making West Indies batsmen struggle when Shami kept beating them repeatedly with tight line and movement. The fact that he was returning from an injury was not at all visible in his bowling. In fact, he recovered in time for the match with an ultrasound-guided injection.
Speaking to BCCI tv, Shami revealed how difficult it was not be carried away by the bounce of the WACA wicket and hit the right spots. “It was really important not to get carried away by the bounce. Since the wicket had so much of bounce on it, the pacers tried to bang a lot of deliveries short and in the bargain couldn’t help but give away wides. In our case, we were getting a lot of wickets by bowling short and we wanted to use the bounce. We would not have wanted to give that many away but we were getting wickets off those bouncers,” he said.
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