Mohammed Shami surpasses 450 international wickets: Decoding his stats
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Mohammed Shami has become the fourth Indian pacer to accomplish 450 international wickets.
He reached the illustrious feat with his 2nd scalp against England in the 5th and final T20I of the 2025 series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Shami, who has raced to 27 T20I scalps in T20Is, claimed three wickets in India's 150-run win.
Shami owns 451 international wickets.
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Shami joins these names
Shami, who made his Team India debut in January 2013, took 190 games to accomplish the mark.
Kapil Dev (687), Zaheer Khan (597), and Javagal Srinath (551) are the other pacers with 450-plus scalps in India colors.
Shami's average of 25.99 is only second to off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (25.80) among Indian bowlers with at least 400 scalps at the highest level.
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Here are his ODI stats
As per ESPNcricinfo, Shami owns 195 ODI scalps in 101 games at a 23-plus average.
His tally of five ODI fifers is the most for an Indian.
He also has 10 four-wicket hauls. His strike rate of 25-plus is the best among Indian bowlers with 25-plus scalps.
Shami owns the most four-plus wicket hauls by an Indian (15).
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A look at Shami's Test career
Shami made his Test debut in 2013 against West Indies. In a career spanning 10 years, he has become India's mainstay fast bowler.
Shami has accounted for 229 wickets from 64 Tests at 27.71.
He has racked up 12 four-wicket hauls and six five-fors.
The veteran pacer has the joint-most consecutive four-fors (3) for India in Tests (in an innings).
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Here are his T20I stats
Shami has returned with 27 scalps in 25 games in the format at an average of 28.18. His economy rate of 8.95 is certainly on the higher side.
Before this England series where he played two matches, Shami last appeared for India in the 2023 ODI World Cup.
He missed action thereafter with an injury.