No looking back for India 'team man' Shami / Photo: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE - AFP
-
US Fed raises rates to battle inflation in move likely to rile Trump
-
Man City midfield trio backed to emulate Rodri and Silva
-
Fitzpatrick 'not comfortable' over Dubai golf finale
-
'We're losing control,' AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio tells AFP
-
Gaza apartment block collapse kills 21, including 12 children
-
WHO eyes 'encouraging' signs in DRCongo fight against Ebola
-
Gaza apartment block collapse leaves 21 dead
-
Liga boss criticises Real Madrid trio for Ceuta shirt incident
-
US House targets data centers as midterm backlash grows
-
WTA Finals moved to Charlotte from 2027
-
French ex-minister Dati goes on trial in Renault-Nissan corruption case
-
Almost 8,000 excess deaths in France's scorched summer: statistics
-
'Being Heumann' captures joy in fight for disability rights
-
Ex-president's lengthy war crimes sentence shocks Kosovo
-
Retired great Nadal to play in exhibition matches
-
US House faces test on sweeping Russia sanctions bill
-
IR-MED and Dice Technologies Announce collaboration to Evaluate and Advance Pressure-Injury Prevention Platform in Japan
-
British PM says to make 'difficult decisions' as inflation rises
-
Watts, Pitt, Cruz to light up Spain's top film festival
-
TotalEnergies pumps up controversy in France with cut-price gas
-
Sweden expels Iran embassy employee over anti-Jewish threats
-
Global fuel price demos: a round-up
-
Toogood Gold's Table Mountain Sits in the Shadow of a Nevada Gold Rush
-
Leverate Launches MCP for Traders to Connect AI Assistants With Trading Platforms
-
MEXC July–August Security Report: 38.66M USDT in Risk Funds Intercepted, Futures Insurance Fund Hits 792M USDT
-
MEXC Launches $1M "Discover Your Wall Street DNA" Campaign to Help Traders Find Their Market Fit
-
'Breathing toxin every day': Indonesians choked by haze feel helpless
-
Emporio Armani names Dario Vitale new creative director
-
Stocks edge higher ahead of US Fed rate call
-
Maresca defends VAR officials after Man City benefit from error
-
Philippines ex-leader Duterte makes first in-person ICC appearance
-
Courts jails LGBTQ activists as Turkey crackdown widens
-
2027 Formula One calendar includes Monaco sprint race
-
French court to hear Depardieu's appeal against rape trial order: sources
-
Palestinians are the real victims, Thunberg tells Ed Sheeran
-
The German state premier hoping to halt far-right surge
-
Hashim Thaci: From 'George Washington of Kosovo' to Hague convict
-
Lebanon wants Israel security deal as prelude to peace: president to AFP
-
Amnesty says Iran committed 'crimes against humanity' in crackdown on 2022 protests
-
England's Brook keen to learn from 'hero' Pietersen after stunning ton
-
EU to ban social media for under 13s, curb access until 15
-
Saudi says Houthis target Mecca, warns of 'red line'
-
Philippines ex-leader Duterte makes first appearance at ICC
-
Phillippines ex-leader Duterte makes first appearance at ICC
-
EU chief pitches 'associate member' status for Canada
-
Lebanon wants Israel security deal, Hezbollah disarmament without confrontation: president to AFP
-
English village votes to 'secede' from UK over asylum centre plan
-
BASIS.pro Expands On-Chain Infrastructure with XDC Network Partnership and Zypher DAO as Auto Earn Goes Live
-
Wildfires push endangered Sumatran elephants to brink: Indonesian NGO
-
Samson relishing battle with teen star Sooryavanshi for India spot
No looking back for India 'team man' Shami
India captain Rohit Sharma on Saturday praised senior fast bowler Mohammed Shami for a spectacular renaissance at the World Cup after being ignored for the first four matches.
The hosts take on Australia in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday with Shami on top of the tournament bowling chart, taking 23 wickets in six matches.
The veteran Shami, 33, came into the side after an injury to all-rounder Hardik Pandya and soon made an impact with a five-wicket haul against New Zealand in Dharamsala.
There was no looking back for Shami, who remains India's most experienced fast bowler in a pack which includes Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
He hammered home his importance with a return of 7-57 in the semi-final against New Zealand in Mumbai.
"It was tough for him to not play the initial part of the World Cup, looking at him being one of the senior bowlers for us," said Rohit.
"But he was there for the team. He was there to help Siraj, he was there to help Bumrah in whatever way he could. And that shows the quality of him, being the team man that he is."
"The results are there for everyone to see how he has come back from that. That shows the kind of mental space that Shami had before the World Cup and now."
Shami has claimed 194 wickets in 100 ODIs for India since his debut in 2013.
India have lived up to their billing of pre-tournament favourites with a clinical show in all departments of the game.
Virat Kohli leads the batting charge with 711 runs; Rohit is in fifth place with 550.
But it's the bowlers who have come in for the captain's lavish praise for keeping opposition teams in check in a high-scoring tournament where 300-plus totals have been racked up 25 times in 47 matches.
New Zealand are the only team to have scored more than 300 runs against India.
That came in the semi-final but the Black Caps still went down by 70 runs.
"The bowlers have done a great job for us in this tournament," said Rohit.
"When we started off, we were chasing in the first four or five games and to restrict teams below 300 in Indian conditions was a great effort. It's not been easy. But our seamers and the spinners did that perfectly."
A.Seabra--PC
