Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that Mohammed Shami has faced a poor run in IPL 2025. He also highlighted that SRH seamer hasn’t regained his rhythm despite playing top-grade cricket for the last few months as well. However, Shami registered figures of 0/48 in three overs on Friday, May 2.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “I am talking about Mohammad Shami because the rhythm is not being seen. We all want Shami to do well, but this year has been very bad. It has been very bad from the IPL point of view. Of course, he won his first ICC event and picked up five wickets in the first match (in the Champions Trophy). However, it’s been five months, but I haven’t seen that rhythm.”
“He is a great bowler, but the ball is not pitching consistently at the same spot. The pace is also 135 and not 145. Leave 145, it should be 141. The pace is five to seven kph down. He cannot be hit for a six with a flick like that. Shami is too good to be hit into the stands like that. Mohammad Shami has never been hit for such sixes,” he again shared.
While talking about SRH’s chase in the same video, Aakash Chopra applauded Abhishek Sharma (74 off 41) for playing a stunning knock. However, he showed disappointment about the slow innings played by Travis Head (20 off 16) and Ishan Kishan (13 off 17).
“Abhishek Sharma batted well. He is a good six-hitting guy. So he played incredibly well, but two knocks. Travis Head – the start wasn’t enjoyable. Ishan Kishan – 13 runs off 17 balls, and you are chasing such a huge total. He scored a hundred in the first match, but nothing has come after that. There hasn’t been any significant contribution. One more thing has hurt a lot, that’s Heinrich Klaasen. Klaasen was batting decently, but he is unable to finish matches. He is also not looking out of form, but the one big knock came in a losing cause. So it was a very ordinary batting performance,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
