On Thursday, the second day of the ongoing fifth round of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, Shami piqued significant interest, after going wicketless across ten overs on the opening day. Was he fully fit? Was his ankle troubling him? Was he bowling within himself? Was he able to bowl with full intensity?
He may have cleared some of those doubts after returning figures of 4 for 54 to help Bengal take a sizeable 61-run lead against Madhya Pradesh that they stretched to 231 with five wickets still remaining by stumps. With the match not televised or streamed, you couldn’t have said if Shami was bowling with the intensity he’s known to unless you were at the venue. But those within the Bengal camp couldn’t be happier.
ESPNcricinfo understands Bengal were advised to tread caution in handling Shami’s workload and not give him long spells. And every move of his over the last two days was keenly watched by Nitin Patel, head of the Centre of…
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