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rohIT Sharma laudS ShamI

for ScalPIng 200 TeST
wIckeTS
ndia white-ball skipper Rohit
Sharma praised pacer Moham-
Imed Shami as the latter complet-
ed his 200 wickets in Test cricket on
Tuesday.
Shami achieved this feat after
taking a fifer on Day 3 of the ongoing
first Test against South Africa here
at the SuperSport Park, Centurion.
“Double hundred is a special number
#200,” tweeted Rohit.
Former India batter VVS Lax-
man also hailed the Men in Blue for
their fine performance against the
Proteas.
“After a fabulous innings from
Rahul on Day 1, an outstanding dis-
play of seam bowling from Shami. 5
wkts and a great way to get to 200
Test Wickets. With his fine spell, In-
dia take a commanding 130 run lead.
Wishing for the batsman to capitalise Mohammad Shami Rohit Sharma
& set a big target for South Africa,”
tweeted VVS Laxman. I just wanted to credit my father as he
“Well done @MdShami11
#200testwickets well bowled,” tweet- was there for me throughout,” Shami
told bowling coach Paras Mhambrey
ed former India spinner Harbhajan on BCCI.TV.
Singh. “I was just thinking about how
Coming to the match, India
might have lost Mayank Agarwal’s at good the effort has been, I felt it
would be nice if I can get a five-wick-
the cusp of the stumps but the visi- et haul. I also reached the 200 wick-
tors still ended Day Three of the first ets landmark in Test cricket, it is a
Test against South Africa in the driv- nice and proud feeling. When I took
er’s seat on Tuesday. 100 wickets in Tests, I thought I have Rishabh Pant
India had bundled out South Af-
rica for 197 in the third session be- achieved something, after 200, I am tors still ended Day Three of the first nior Selection Committee of Mum-
feeling very good and I just hope to
fore the hosts lost Mayank’s wicket keep on performing for the side. The Test against South Africa in the driv- bai Cricket Association consisting
minutes before the end of the play. more you enjoy your cricket, perfor- er’s seat on Tuesday. of Mr. Salil Ankola (Chairman), Mr.
Shardul Thakur, KL Rahul then took mances keep on coming,” he added. India had bundled out South Af- Gulam Parkar, Mr. Sunil More, Mr.
India to 16/1 at stumps with a lead of rica for 197 in the third session be- Prasad Desai and Mr. Anand Yalvigi
146 runs. rIShaBh PanT BreakS fore the hosts lost Mayank’s wicket has selected the following players to

enTIre credIT for mY dhonI’S record minutes before the end of the play. represent Mumbai in Ranji Trophy
Match against Maharashtra from
Shardul Thakur, KL Rahul then took
SucceSS goeS To mY ishabh Pant on Tuesday be- India to 16/1 at Stumps with a lead of 13th - 16th January 2022 and against
faTher: ShamI came the fastest Indian wick- 146 runs. Delhi from 20th - 23rd January 2022
ret-keeper to reach 100 dismiss- arJun Tendulkar at Kolkata,” Mumbai Cricket Associ-
ndia pacer Mohammed Shami als in the longest format of the game. ation (MCA) said in a statement.
has said that the entire credit for Pant achieved the feat on Day named In mumBaI SQuad mumbai Squad: Prithvi Shaw (Cap-
Ihis success goes to his late father, Three of the ongoing first Test for ranJI TroPhY tain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakarshit
who had passed away in 2017. against South Africa. The left-hand- Gomel, Armaan Jaffer, Sarfaraz
Shami’s remarks came as he took ed batter broke former skipper MS rjun Tendulkar, the son of Khan, Sachin Yadav, Aditya Tare
a five-wicket haul in the ongoing first Dhoni’s record to reach 100 dismiss- legendary batter Sachin Ten- (wicketkeeper), Hardik Tamore
Test against South Africa here at the als. While Pant reached the mile- Adulkar was on Wednesday (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dube, Aman
SuperSport Park, Centurion. Along stone in 26 matches, Dhoni had tak- named in Mumbai Ranji Trophy Khan, Shams Mulani, Tanush Ko-
the way, the pacer also completed 200 en 36 games to reach 100 dismissals. squad with Prithvi Shaw appointed as tian, Prashant Solanki, Shashank At-
wickets in the longest format of the Kiran More (39) and Nayan Mongia the captain of the side. tarde, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohit Avas-
game. “The celebration after reach- (26) are third and fourth in the list Prithvi Shaw had led Mumbai to thi, Prince Badiani, Siddharth Raut,
ing the 200 wickets mark was for my respectively. the Vijay Hazare title in the last sea- Royston Dias, Arjun Tendulkar
father, he had passed away in 2017. Coming to the match, India son and it will be the first time that Ranji Trophy will start from Jan-
The entire credit for my success goes might have lost Mayank Agarwal’s at the opening batter will captain the uary 13 with the final of the tourna-
to him, I had a very good upbringing. the cusp of the Stumps but the visi- team in first-class cricket. “The Se- ment to be played on March 17.

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