Mohammed Shami scripts history in Champions Trophy versus Bangladesh, becomes the fastest Indian to do this
Veteran Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who created records by taking a flurrry of wickets with his destructive bowling in the 2023 ODI World Cup, has achieved another big feat. The 34-year-old, who is playing his first ICC tournament since the World Cup, has completed 200 wicksts in One Day Cricket by three batters in India's very first Champions Trophy 2025 match versus Bangladesh in Dubai. With this, he has also become the fastest Indian bowler to achieve this feat.
The historic record of Mohammed Shami
The right arm seamer needed three wickets to reach the milestone, which he did with ease in this match versus the Bangla Tigers. He completed this accomplishment in his 104th One Day International match for the Men in Blue and he also became the joint second-quickest to reach this milestone. He became just the eighth Indian bowler to have dismissed batters 200 times in the ODI format.
Quickest bowlers to have taken 200 ODI wickets
Mitchell Starc of Australia in 102 matches
Mohammed Shami of India in 104 matches
Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan in 104 matches
Trent Boult of New Zealand in 107 matches
Brett Lee of Australia in 112 matches
List of Quickest Indian bowlers to have dismissed batters 200 times in ODI Cricket
Mohammed Shami in 104 matches
Ajit Agarkar in 133 matches
Zaheer Khan in 144 matches
Anil Kumble in 147 matches
Javagal Srinath in 147 matches
Kapil Dev in 166 matches
The 34-year-old wasn't in the mood to stop as he went on to register a five-wicket haul versus the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led Bangladeshi team and celebrated the milestone by pointing both his arms raised towards the sky as his teammates surrounded him to join him in the celebrations. The 5th scalp was his 60th ODI wicket in an ICC tournament, the most by a bowler from India as he went past the tally of the legendary Zaheer Khan (59 wickets).
The former Gujarat Titans pacer had been out of action from International Cricket since the conclusion of the 2023 ODI World Cup until recently he made his comeback in the series versus England. In the absence of ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah, the task of leading the Indian bowling unit came on the shoulders of Shami in the Champions Trophy and he did it perfectly as he removed Soumya Sarkar in the very first over of the contest who was caught behind the stumps by wicketkeeper KL Rahul.
He struck again in the powerplay overs, dismissing Mehidy Hasan Miraz who knicked the ball straight into the hands of Shubman Gill standing at first slip. The 34-year-old's 200th wicket was the decisive one ae he got the better of Jaker Ali who hit the ball straight to Virat Kolhi standing near the boundary line and this was also the partnership braking scalp.
Tailender Tanzim Hasan Sakib was his fourth prey as he played the ball on to the stumps and he finished it off by sending Taskin Ahmed back to the pavillion in the death overs and this way, he completed his fifer.
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