Rohit Sharma finally given reason why Mohammed Shami bowled only 20th over

Rohit Sharma explained why India did not use Mohammad Shami till the 20th over of their T20 World Cup warm-up match against Australia in Brisbane on Monday (October 17). Rohit Sharma finally given reason why Mohammed Shami bowled only 20th over.

The seamer did not come out to field and instead stayed on the sidelines until the Indian captain instructed him to bowl the crucial last over of the innings, with the hosts requiring 11 off the last 6 balls. The veteran pacer only got to bowl one over in the match, that too being the final over, but what he did in those 6 balls took everyone’s breath away.

Even India captain Rohit Sharma was bowled over by Shami’s performance in the match despite the tricky situation in which he was asked to bowl. In the practice game, Rohit surprisingly kept Shami away from the bowling attack for the major part of the match. However, the Rohit Sharma spun a big surprise as he handed Shami the ball in the 20th over.

Rohit, speaking after the match, Rohit explained why he only gave one over to Shami, that too the final over. “He (Shami) is coming back after a long time, so we wanted to give him an over. Wanted to give him a challenge and let him bowl the final over, and you saw what he did,” he said.

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The veteran pacer hadn’t bowled a single ball in Team India’s two practice matches against Western Australia before. But, was given the task of defending 10 runs in the last over against the mighty Australians. Shami gave 4 runs in the first couple of balls before dismissing Pat Cummins, courtesy of Virat Kohli’s one-handed blinder. Ashton Agar was then run-out as Australia lost 2 wickets in 2 balls.