Is Shami already an Indian fast bowling legend or fast becoming one? What does stats say!

[rkt.india]

There was a time when i thought he was heading Munaf Patel way with his laid back attitude and poor fitness but the man has come back well form his professional and personal set backs that is through sheer hard work by improving his fitness.  Shami is the perfect example of how good fitness can do miracles.

 

Here is the International stats of Shami. 

 

Tests, 144 wickets 40 tests, averaging under 29.54, 3.6 wickets per test, respectable SR of 52. 

 

ODIs, 121 wickets 65 ODIs, average 24.85, SR is incredible at 27.5.  I dont think any other bowler with more than 100 wickets except Starc at 25.2 has a better SR in ODIs.

 

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	40	77	7562	4254	144	6/56	9/118	29.54	3.37	52.5	7	4	0
ODIs	65	64	3328	3007	121	4/16	4/16	24.85	5.42	27.5	8	0	0

Edited June 28, 2019 by rkt.india

[Nikola]

He needs to work on his test bowling. In odis surely 2nd best after bumrah in our odi history.

[vayuu1]

Shami on rampage is by far one of the best bowler in world, hell an onsong shami is a far potent threat than even bumrah ,coz shami's spells are match changing and and on song shami is sight to behold a captains delight he can school best of batsmen he will swing it away nip in reverse it has an excellent Yorker a superb bouncer is quick and has good change of pace. 

Edited June 28, 2019 by vayuu1

[vayuu1]

Shami is out and out match winner. 

[Suhaan]

Shami reminds me of Ryan Harris, extremely dangerous,a quality pacer ,can decimate opposition in a spell 

Don't know how have I drawn similarity between the two but Shami reminds me of that Aussie pacer

[Adi BB]

Shami is a match changer, he is an out and out wkt taker and his strike rate says that be any format .

 he has to play all the wc matches till the end 

[DHONI_FANN]

One thing I like about Shami is that he always bowls to take wkts and not just to contain runs. 

[Mosher]

Shami was always skillful but now with his better fitness he doesn't get tired easily and can maintain his pace throughout the test match. He is much more accurate too these days. 

[cric_fan]

Very, very fine bowler.

[jf1gp_1]

Also wonderful to see he gave all the credit to himself 

[nevada]

1 hour ago, Suhaan said:

Shami reminds me of Ryan Harris, extremely dangerous,a quality pacer ,can decimate opposition in a spell 

Don't know how have I drawn similarity between the two but Shami reminds me of that Aussie pacer

Maybe his delivery which knocked out Shai Hope's stumps made you think of the similarity. That was an amazing delivery which left the batsman shell shocked. When a bowler is sending down deadly balls like that, batsmen become very tentative.

[Nikola]

3 minutes ago, nevada said:

Maybe his delivery which knocked out Shai Hope's stumps made you think of the similarity. That was an amazing delivery which left the batsman shell shocked. When a bowler is sending down deadly balls like that, batsmen become very tentative.

Nah shami mostly is similar to Ryan harris because of wrist & seam position which is almost upright every time and that helps you even on flattest decks.

[nevada]

2 hours ago, Adi BB said:

Shami is a match changer, he is an out and out wkt taker and his strike rate says that be any format .

 he has to play all the wc matches till the end 

Yes, he is in amazing form and has to be part of the X1. If Bhuvi is fully recovered we can bring him in for Shankar. Kedar, Dhoni and Hardik can play at 4,5,6 respectively followed by Bhuvi at 7. 6 good batters(at-least on paper) should be good enough to win a game.

[rkt.india]

8 minutes ago, nevada said:

Yes, he is in amazing form and has to be part of the X1. If Bhuvi is fully recovered we can bring him in for Shankar. Kedar, Dhoni and Hardik can play at 4,5,6 respectively followed by Bhuvi at 7. 6 good batters(at-least on paper) should be good enough to win a game.

current bowling unit is doing perfectly well.  problem at this point is batting in middle order, cant replace a batsman with a bowler.  To balance things out, we actually need one more fast bowling alrounder like Pandya, even if he worse in batting than Pandya but better with the ball or even a spin bowling alrounder in the same vain.  Need to develop Darshan Nalkande quickly.

Edited June 28, 2019 by rkt.india

[vivek04]

Shami improved a lot from the past where he gave freebies occasionally. His runup is smooth which generates extra pace. he is a rythm bowler and when on song destructs opposition.

[sage]

Ishant bhai is better 

[First class]

Amazing bowler, even with lack of height. Otherwise, close to perfect run up, rhythm and delivery action . Has pace, accuracy, brain and confidence. 

[Nash]

In land of dinda and prasad, he is the real GOD of bowling along side with Bumrah. 

His Test average is 29 with strike rate 52 which is above average. Anything below 30 in test and strike rate close to 50 is good. He can improve massively in Test aren. In ODI, 24 ave is top of the line. Only freaks like murli would have 22 average.

[Bhaiyya]

But But But...India can never produce a pacer let alone a fast bowling legend.

[Real McCoy]

At the moment, I think he is bowling better than Bumrah. What is great about him is apart from pace, he also bowls aggressive lines and length. Not afraid to pitch it up and allow seam movement off of the surface. Hope he keeps his performance up