Gujarat Titans (GT) are locking horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the opening game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. GT pacer, Mohammed Shami accomplished a remarkable feat during the game as he surpassed the tally of 100 wickets in the history of the tournament. He dismissed CSK opener, Devon Conway in the 3rd over of the game.
Earlier, Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya has won the toss and opted to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings in the opening encounter.
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The match is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where Shami secured his first wicket, marking his 100th scalp in the tournament. In his 94th IPL game, Shami successfully dismissed Devon Conway, reaching the coveted 100-wicket milestone.
Here is the video of Mohammed Shami dismissing Devon Conway:
The Off and Middle stump goes for a walk!!!!
A 💯 wickets for Mohd. Shami in the IPL…
We're off to a start!#IPL2023 #Shami #Conway #GTvsCSK #GTvCSK pic.twitter.com/pCVvgH6A1b
— OneCricket (@OneCricketApp) March 31, 2023
This is the 94th IPL match of his IPL career, Mohammed Shami couldn’t have hoped for a more exciting start. Having said that, it is interesting to note that not once has Shami been able to secure a five-wicket haul in all the 10 seasons that he has played so far. The most wickets Shami has taken in a single inning is three and his career-best figures read 3/15 in 2020 against Delhi Capitals.
Shami has developed a penchant for clean-bowling opponents. He did that time and against Australia in the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this month.
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Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph
Subs: B Sai Sudharsan, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Abhinav Manohar, KS Bharat
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI) Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
Subs: Tushar Deshpande, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane, Nishant Sindhu
