ICC World Twenty20: Shami sweats it out

Mohammad Shami dominated the nets at VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Monday, bowling consistently for over an hour under the bright and searing sun. This despite the convention of Dhoni being squeamish about changing the playing 11 on match eve, moreso if it has been on a winning streak. Shami, back from a long injury absence which made him miss much of the cricket this year, was nevertheless swinging his arm in all earnestness, bowling to the stumps, alternating with Ashwin even as the team played some football in the middle and Kohli, Jadeja and others practised some throwing and took pretty accurate shies at the stumps.
India’s bowling department has been in the midst of peans with pacer Jaspreet Bumrah and his unconventional bowling swinging the tide in his favour. Coupled with Ravichandran Ashwin’s permanent status in the team and Ashish Nehra’s experience factor, one will have to see if Shami will be able to make a cut in the playing 11.
Kohli said as much when he conceded that tinkering with winning combinations is rare. “Shami has done really well whenever he has played regularly for us, we all were waiting for him to come back…  It’s difficult to change a combination that has worked for you so well, but then you have to asses the situation and conditions before selecting an XI. The captain and team management will sit down and decide,” he said. 
 
Source: The Pioneer, March 15, 2016

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