Mohammed Shami vs Lasith Malinga
IND vs ENG: The wait for Mohammed Shami’s return is over. Mohammed Shami is going to make a comeback today on January 22 in the first T20I match against England in Kolkata. Shami will make a comeback in international cricket after about 14 months and everyone’s eyes will be on him. Shami played his last international match for Team India in the 2023 ODI World Cup. He participated in the final played between India and Australia on 19 November 2023. He was out of Team India since that match. Mohammed Shami who has returned to the team after being fit and will participate in the T20I match for Team India after more than 2 years and 2 months. He last played the T20 World Cup semi-final match against England in November 2022.
Although Mohammed Shami made his debut in T20I cricket for Team India in March 2014, but he has been able to play only 23 matches in the shortest format of cricket in the last 10 years. Now fans will expect better performance from him. Shami is one of the great bowlers of India. This is the reason why he is often compared with the great bowlers of the world. So let us know who is the better bowler between Mohammed Shami and Lasith Malinga after 23 T20I matches….
Mohammed Shami vs Lasith Malinga
If we look at the record of Mohammed Shami and Lasith Malinga in T20I cricket after 23-23 matches, there is a tough competition between the two. Mohammed Shami has taken 24 wickets in 23 T20I matches at a bowling average of 29.62 while Lasith Malinga has taken 27 wickets in his first 23 T20I matches at an average of 21.00. That means Malinga has 3 wickets more than Shami. Malinga’s economy rate is also better. Shami’s economy is 8.94 while Malinga’s economy after 23 T20I matches was 7.50. If we look at the best bowling performance of Shami and Malinga, both the bowlers could not take 4 or 3 wickets in an innings in the first 23 T20I matches. Mohammed Shami’s best bowling performance is 3 wickets for 15 runs. Whereas, Lasith Malinga’s best performance was taking 3 wickets for 17 runs.
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