‘His wrist position is best in the world’ - Aakash Chopra lauds Mohammed Shami for his excellent bowling

Mohammed Shami is having the best of his time against South Africa. In the first innings of the ongoing Test, he picked a fifer and followed it by picking the wicket of Aiden Markram in the second innings. Shami also picked his 200th wicket in this Test.

Several cricketers lauded Shami’s performance in the first innings, including former cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra. In his latest YouTube video, Chopra mentioned that Shami’s wrist position is the best in the world. He also compared Shami to legends like James Anderson and Dale Steyn while terming the Bengal pacer one of the finest bowlers at this time.

“Mohammed Shami’s wrist position isn’t the best in the world? I think it is”, he said. I have seen many players. About wrist position, what I am trying to say is, that means that the seam won’t wobble. I mean, what a bowler!

“His wrist sends such amazing deliveries. We have seen everyone’s wrist getting bad at one point or other. Even the great Dale Steyn and even Jimmy Anderson. But for Shami, I have never seen his wrist go bad. His backspin is very beautiful. Mohammed Shami is one of the finest at this point of time”, he added.

Chopra feels lack of Test cricket didn’t affect Shami

Aakash Chopra mentioned that South African bowlers looked a little rusty because they hadn’t played Test cricket for quite some time. He also stated that Shami last played an international game during the T20 World Cup, but it never looked like he was out of match practice.

“About South Africa’s bowlers, we are talking that they are little bit cold as they haven’t played cricket for quite some time and weren’t getting line or length. Even Shami hasn’t played since the T20 World Cup. The last Test match against England, he played. Whenever he bowls, he delivers at the kind of spot where batters think should they play it or leave it. He asks so many questions from them that he ends up taking a lot of wickets”, Chopra signed off.