The challenge of saving 10 runs in the last over was big for Shami, who had reached Australia a few days ago and was included in the Indian team in place of Jasprit Bumrah.
New Delhi:Veteran India pacer Mohammed Shami bowled brilliantly in his first and only over of the T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up match against Australia on Monday. India captain Rohit Sharma handed Shami the ball in the 20th over of the match when the Australian team needed 11 runs in 6 balls to win the match. Shami today witnessed one of the most memorable performances of his career in this shortest format of cricket when he picked up 3 wickets in an over to help India win by 6 runs.
The challenge of saving 10 runs in the last over was big for Shami, who had reached Australia a few days ago and was included in the Indian team in place of Jasprit Bumrah. Shami had earlier not played for India in the two warm-up matches against Western Australia and was given a target of saving 10 runs in his first over after reaching straight.
Let's take a look at Shami's powerful last over
Ball 1: A yorker from Shami and Pat Cummins directs the yorker to the left side of the mid-wicket area for 2 runs.
Ball 2: Shami's another yorker for Cummins, this time the ball Cummins scored 2 runs by playing a shot in the mid-on area.
Ball 3: Wicket! Got Cummins caught by Virat Kohli.
Ball 4: Wicket! Ashton Agar was run out by Shami himself.
Ball 5: Wicket! Then the yorker, this time Shami blew the stumps of Josh Inglis.
Ball 6: Wicket! Another perfect yorker and Shami also blew Kane Richardson's gilli.
Australia needed 11 runs to win but they could score only 4. Shami may have been away from the match till the 20th over but when he did come, he gave a match-winning performance.
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