Mohammed Shami: The end of an era in Indian Test cricket

CHENNAI Cricketing mornings redolent with the smell of cut grass, and a wisp of petrichor from last night’s rain, may be the ideal ally for the fast merchants. Yet, the bigger challenge is to run in hard under the afternoon sun and test the batter’s technique. Also read | Mohammed Shami retires from Test cricket, to continue playing white-ball formats https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/mohammed-shami-retires-from-test-cricket-to-continue-playing-white-ball-formats/article71676026.ece Mohammed Shami was a speedster, who could do both, excel in the morning and equally decimate batting orders in the post-lunch session. The seam-position would be immaculate, and his energy boundless. In the pantheon of great Indian seamers, headlined by Kapil Dev, Jasprit Bumrah, Javagal Srinath and Zaheer Khan, Shami too is in that group for the sheer impact he had on games that he played.