IND vs SA: Mohammed Shami spread his leg, became the 5th Indian fast pitcher to take 200 wickets in test cricket

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Mohammed Shami 5 Wicket Haul became the 5th Indian bowler to take 200 wickets in Test cricket IND vs SA

The first match of the three-test series between India and South Africa is played at Centurion. In this match, the Indian team has taken a 130-run lead by rallying the hosts for 197 runs. Mohammed Shami took the 5 highest wickets for India, while Bavuma played the highest innings of 52 runs for the African team. Previously, the Indian team had scored 327 runs with the help of KL Rahul’s century.

The entire South African team was forced to kneel in front of Shami’s deadly bowling alley. This is Shami’s sixth round of 5 wickets in test cricket. With these 5 wickets, he also completed his 200 wickets in test cricket. Shami has become the 11th player from India to take 200 wickets in the longest cricket format.

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At the same time, as a fast pitcher, he has become the fifth pitcher to win 200 wickets for India. Before him, Kapil Dev, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, and Javagal Srinath have done such a feat. Shami is the third fast bowler to reach this milestone.

Indian fast pitcher who took 200 proving grounds in the shorter matches

50 Kapil Dev

54 Javagal Srinath
55 Mohammed Shami
63 Zaheer Khan / Ishant Sharma

Bowlers who took 200 proving grounds on the shorter balls

9896 Mohammed Shami
10248 R Ashwin
11066 Kapil Dev
11989 Ravindra Jadeja

Speaking about the match, the hosts made a strong comeback on the third day after the second day was washed away in the rain. By the end of the first day’s game, India had scored 272 runs for the loss of three wickets, but on the third day, the Indian team was only able to add 55 runs against the lethal bowling of Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada. During this, Ngidi took the maximum of 6 wickets, while Rabada scored three hits.

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The South African team, which came out to bat in its first innings, was harassed by Indian bowling from the start. Other than Temba Bavuma, none of the players managed to cross the 40 mark.

Aside from Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur both went 2-2, while a breakthrough came on Siraj’s account.

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