After that, India have offered Bumrah, Harshal, Bhuvneshwar, Avesh, Arshdeep, Deepak Chahar, Mohammad Siraj, Umran Malik and Shardul Thakur as pace bowlers in T20s (including Pandya). Not that Shami has been ignored at all. Shami’s T20 record has not been as impressive as his Tests and ODIs. In 17 T20Is, Shami has taken 18 wickets at an average of 31.55 and an economy rate of 9.54, which is higher than his IPL career average and economy rates of 29.19 and 8.52.
His IPL wickets have not been impressive till the 2018 season. However, after picking up 19, 20 and 19 wickets in IPL 2019, 2020 and 2021 with economy rates of 8.68, 8.57 and 7.50 respectively, Shami went on to the T20 World Cup, where he averaged 23.33 and economy in five matches. Took six wickets at 8.84. But he didn’t even get a wicket against Pakistan and New Zealand, where it was difficult to bowl second due to dew later in the second innings.
He took six wickets against Afghanistan and Scotland, after which India were already knocked out before progressing to the semi-finals. However, Shami impressed everyone with his key wicket-taking skills (20 wickets at an economy rate of 8) in Gujarat Titans’ IPL 2022 trophy. In IPL 2022, Shami also took 11 wickets in the power-play, which was on par with Chennai Super Kings pacer Mukesh Chaudhary. In IPL 2022 pitches, where the bowlers were getting some help, Shami managed to trouble the batsmen. But India also have power-play options in the form of Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar and Arshdeep. Chahar has been announced as a back-up player for the Asia Cup to make a comeback due to injuries. But no place was given to Shami.
