Mitchell Starc breaks Mohammed Shami record : India’s star pacer Mohammed Shami is currently out of international cricket. This time he was not elected to the Indian squad for the England tour. In the meantime a bad news has come for him. In fact, the final match of the World Test Championships of 2021-27 is being held between defending champions Australia and South Africa. This match is being held on the historic field of the Lord’s. And in this match, a big record of Mohammed Shami has been broken. Australian star bowler Mitchell Stark broke that record.
Stark broke the big record of Mohammed Shami
Australian star fast bowler Mitchell Stark has made a new history on the first day of the World Test Championship final. He has made the record for taking the maximum wicket in the ICC tournament final. He achieved this achievement at the Lord’s field. Stark performed great in the match and broke the record of Indian star bowler Mohammad Shami. Earlier, Mohammed Shami was the owner of the highest wicket -taker record in the final.
Mitchell Stark has taken two wickets in this match so far and now he has five wickets in five ICC finals, which have brought him to the top of the list. Earlier, Mohammad Shami was at the top of the list with four wickets in the four finals. This achievement of Stark reflects on his great performance in a big match. On the first day of the finals, he hit South Africa’s first innings at the beginning of the first innings, Eden Markram was empty -handed and Ryan Rikelton was dismissed by 5 runs. With this great performance, he finished the day with 2 wickets for 5 runs.
Mitchell Stark brought the team back to the fight
In this match, Stark’s bowling put South Africa under pressure, which is why South Africa lost 5 wickets for 5 runs after the first day’s game. As a result, Australia in the first innings, after the all -out for 212, led the bowling team led by Stark. South Africa will now have to play under pressure on the second day, where Stark’s next challenge will be to win the World Test Championship title for the second time.