Mohammed Shami’s storm with the bat. (Photo- PTI)
Mohammed Shami Fifty: Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who is known for his lethal bowling, has now performed amazingly with the bat as well. Shami played a stormy innings while playing for Bengal against Andhra Pradesh in the quarter-finals of Ranji Trophy 2025-26. The special thing was that Mohammed Shami played this innings in front of national selector RP Singh, who had reached the stadium to watch this match. Shami has not been a part of Team India for a long time, so he has once again staked his claim for a comeback.
Mohammed Shami’s storm with the bat
In this big match, Andhra Pradesh had scored 295 runs in its first innings. In response to this, the Bengal team showed a brilliant game and made a big score of 629 runs in the first innings. The team’s batsmen performed brilliantly, in which Sudip Kumar Gharami scored 299 runs, who missed the triple century. Whereas Shakir Habib Gandhi played a useful inning of 95 runs. But Mohammed Shami’s innings attracted everyone’s attention.
Shami came to bat at number 10, when the team was already in a strong position. But he adopted a stormy style and scored 53 runs in just 33 balls. The special thing about his innings was that he completed his half-century in just 31 balls. Shami hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in his innings, due to which his strike rate was more than 160. Most of his 53 runs came from boundaries and sixes.
An entertaining knock
Mohd. Shami with a vital contribution of 5⃣3⃣(33) against Andhra to propel Bengal to a mammoth total of 6⃣2⃣9⃣ in the 1⃣st innings 👏👏#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/QHSm4IsCsG
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) February 9, 2026
Took the team beyond 600 runs
During this innings, Shami made a partnership of 55 runs with Mukesh Kumar for the last wicket, which played an important role in taking Bengal’s score beyond 600. However, Shami could not do anything special in bowling, he could take only 1 wicket by spending 38 runs in 17 overs in the first innings.