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India’s seasoned seamer Mohammed Shami lived as much as his title of ‘Mr ICC’ and took one other step in direction of extending his period of dominance within the ODI marquee occasions with a scorching spell on Wednesday. Shami flexed his scientific file in ICC ODI knockout matches within the pulsating Champions Trophysemi-final conflict between India and Australia, two cricketing behemoths. He turned the third-highest wicket-taker for India after his searing spell rocked Australia and compelled the Dishevelled Greens to bundle out on 264. With one other scientific outing, Shami returned with figures of three/48, taking his tally to 13 scalps in 5 ICC ODI knockout matches at a staggering common of 19.76.
Former left-arm pace gun Zaheer Khan holds the file for scything most scalps for India in ICC ODI knockout video games. In 11 matches, Zaheer bagged 17 wickets at a median of 28.64.
‘Grasp Blaster’ Sachin Tendulkar firmly holds the second spot with 15 wickets in as many matches at a median of 26.66. Former ball tweaker Harbhajan Singh slipped to the fourth spot, boasting 11 scalps whereas averaging 29.27.
Within the high-stakes semi-final encounter, Shami drew the primary blood by dismissing teenager Cooper Connolly for a nine-ball duck after fumbling the possibility to dismiss Travis Head.
He maintained his elegant type in opposition to Australia captain Steve Smith and cleaned up his stumps on 73(96). Shami capped off his spectacular spell with Nathan Ellis’s scalp. In ODIs, Shami has dismissed Smith 5 occasions and cut up 123 runs at a median of 24.60.
In addition to Smith’s valiancy, Alex Carey supplied an indispensable 61 to propel Australia to a combating whole of 264. His spectacular knock was laced with eight fours and a towering most.
Aside from Shami, thriller spinner Varun Chakravarthy (2/49) and left-armer Ravindra Jadeja (2/40) additionally trapped Australian batters of their spin net. Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya chipped in with a wicket every.
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