Gujarat mein hoon, mera khana nahi milega na: Mohammed Shami reply leaves Ravi Shastri in splits

By India Today Sports Desk: Mohammed Shami is eager on biryani, nonetheless the India fast bowler is missing his favourite meals in Ahmedabad as he is having fun with for Gujarat Titans throughout the IPL 2023.

Shami returned with the figures of 4/21 in 4 overs to help Gujarat Titans beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 34 runs and qualify for the 2023 playoffs. GT secured their playoffs berth for a second consecutive time.

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When former India head coach-turned commentator Ravi Shastri requested Shami what does he eats, the short bowler talked about: “Gujarat mein hoon, mera khana nahi milega na (I’m in Gujarat, so will not get what I want).” After his response, every Shami and Shastri cracked into laughter.

Shami moreover talked about his bowling effort, saying that he merely bowled to his strengths and on good strains.

“I’ve been focusing on hitting the ball into the pitch, bowl to my strengths and on good lines. I’ve been trying to hit similar lines and make use of the new ball. That’s always given me success. The wicket was the same as that in the last game. Mohit coming in has helped go well in the middle overs, given we have Rashid and Noor as well,” Shami talked about.

Shubman Gill’s maiden IPL hundred lifted Titans to 188/9. Gill launched up his century off 56 balls to show into the first GT participant to hit 100 throughout the historic previous of IPL. Bhuvneshwar Kumar accomplished with a five-wicket haul after taking three wickets throughout the final over. The SRH pacer turned the second bowler in 2023 season to understand the feat after Lucknow Super Giants’ Mark Wood. It was moreover Bhuvneshwar’s second five-wicket haul in his IPL occupation, having first picked up in 2017.

Titans dented SunRisers’ 189-run chase inside powerplay, as Mohammed Shami picked up three important wickets – Anmolpreet Singh, Aiden Markram and Rahul Tripathi. Yash Dayal, who made a comeback since conceding 31 runs in the direction of KKR’s Rinku Singh, made an instantaneous affect as he eradicated Abhishek Sharma in his first over.

SunRisers extra collapsed as Mohit Sharma picked up 4 wickets. Heinrich Klaasen single-handedly fought once more sooner than Shami returned to complete his innings for 64 and take his fourth wicket. Titans lastly restricted SunRisers to 154/9 and secured a 34-run win.