After some white-ball games against England, the peak Shami was visible during the CT campaign opener as he picked figures of 5/53 and completed 200 ODI scalps. This comeback came after a toil in domestic cricket across all formats for Bengal in Ranji, Syed Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare Troph
While Bangladesh is not really the greatest threat to the Men in Blue, the fact that India has only three games to decide their fate in the tournament and their next one is a high-octane, pressure-raising game against arch-rivals Pakistan, it was vital for India to start off well. Shami deli
India skipper Rohit Sharma gave his take on whether mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy will be in contention in featuring to the Men Blue's Champions Trophy 2025 squad.