With a great form with the ball in the first three matches of the Ranji Trophy 2025/2026 season, Mohammed Shami expected his name to come in the Indian test squad to face South Africa. The selectors again left him out of the team. “They are ignoring Shami, that’s clear,” Mohammed Shami’s coach slams Ajit Agarkar, the Indian team selector.
A lot of injuries kept Mohammed Shami out of action from the Indian National team. The last time Mohammed Shami played a test match for India was in 2023, which was against Australia. He is back and performing in the domestic competition. He has played three matches in the Ranji Trophy 2025/2026 season so far and has taken 15 wickets. It also includes a 5-wicket haul.
“They are ignoring Shami, that’s clear,” Mohammed Shami’s coach slams Ajit Agarkar, the Indian team selector
Mohammed Badruddin, who is Mohammed Shami’s personal coach, has his say on Shami not getting a place in the Indian team against South Africa. With him now not being in the Indian team, it seems that the selectors have moved ahead of Shami. Badruddin was not happy about this decision and shared his thoughts on the following topic. He also feels that the board is using fitness as an excuse for not giving a place to Shami in the team.
I think they’ve made up their minds that they won’t pick him for now, and in my view, that’s completely wrong. When you select a Test team, it should be based on Ranji Trophy performances. If you’re selecting for Tests using T20 metrics, that’s not right. But here, it looks like the decisions are pre-decided
All this talk about performance or fitness is just an excuse. Saying ‘he’s unfit’ or ‘needs match practice’ – that’s not true. They already have a plan about who they want to play and who they don’t
He also shared that he did not speak to Mohammed Shami about this topic, as any player not getting a chance to play for the country with this kind of performance in the domestic competition will hurt the player. Everyone knows what kind of match-winner Mohammed Shami is for India. He has several records to his name and is the highest wicket-taker for the Indian team in the ICC Men’s World Cup.
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One thing is for sure, your hard work will surely get him back to the Indian team in the future. Badruddin also spoke about his confidence in his player and said, “he’ll make such a comeback that will silence everyone.” With the young bowlers in the Indian team, it might be a tough task for Shami returning as the management is now focusing on the young guns, which is the future of Indian cricket. This has also sparked a controversy regarding some other players as well, such as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
