In the 23rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, Gujarat Titans (GT) are locking horns with Rajasthan Royal (RR) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. When it comes to a wonderful display of seam bowling, there are only a few who can beat the skill that Mohammed Shami possesses. The talismanic Indian pacer was at his fiery best on Sunday evening, and rattling in-form Jos Buttler, that too on a duck, was just an example of how good he was against RR.
Keeping in mind getting a challenging target of 178 against Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals fans had high expectations from Jos Buttler, who was the highest run-getter in the last season. However, their hopes shattered very quickly, courtesy of a brilliant seam bowling by Mohammed Shami to start the proceedings.
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After three overs, Mohammed Shami’s figures read 3-1-9-1. More significantly, what Shami got was the prized wicket of Jos Buttler, who seemed to go off and running in IPL 2023 just where he left in the last season. This time, in Ahmedabad, the Englishman failed to time the ball properly, resulting in him enduring four dot balls.
Then Buttler decided to go after Mohammed Shami, but the timing to be an aggressor was not right as Shami, from the other end, seemed doing nothing wrong.
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It was a good length delivery from Mohammed Shami which was pitched outside the off-stump at 142 kph. Buttler tried to shackle across the off-stump to play a sweep over a short fine leg, but the ball seamed in towards the off-stump sharply and ripped the off-stump out of the ground.
Here is the video of the brilliant in-swinger from Mohammed Shami:
It was a massive wicket for the Titans, and Shami, as well as Twitterati, were pumped up to hand Buttler a rare failure. Shami usually does not celebrate a wicket in a wild manner, but he was well aware of the fact that how big it was, and that’s why he was delighted.
There is no better bowler than shami in full rhythm
— Ketan Garg (@I_amketan) April 16, 2023
Shami what a class man ..
— Ivaan ❤️ (@lyfis_memories) April 16, 2023
This is just gold level aggression and fast bowling by both Shami and Pandya
Absolutely ruthless
GT means business today
No room for error#GTvsRR— Naman🏏🥰 (@NamanShah2607) April 16, 2023
Shami cleans up Jos Buttler for Duck.
Rajasthan 4 for 2 – This is high class bowling. #GTvsRR
— Faiz Fazel (@theFaizFazel) April 16, 2023
Buttler clean bowlded by Shami. What a class Shami, he is literally on fire
— Babugaru (@babugaru8) April 16, 2023
Buttler had no clue against Shami today. New ball was moving both in the air and off the deck.
— IPL 2023 (@iplthebest) April 16, 2023
Mohammed Shami on fire in Ahmedabad 🥵
— N (@clobberinntime) April 16, 2023
Sensational Shami ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
— Akshayyyy (@AkshayyMahadik) April 16, 2023
Shami 🔥
— Faiz Fazel (@theFaizFazel) April 16, 2023
