Mohammed Shami had a memorable day as India defeated New Zealand by 70 runs on Wednesday, November 16, at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, during the World Cup 2023 semi-final. India defeated the Black Caps for 327 after 397 overs bowled by Shami, who concluded with a score of 9.5-0-57-7. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra were the first victims the pacer took out early on.
He returned to remove Tom Latham and Kane Williamson in the same over after that. It came following a 181-run partnership between Williamson and Daryl Mitchell for the third wicket. Except the Kiwis' cries, it was all over after Shami removed Mitchell. Afterwards, Shami claimed the wickets of Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee. Following Hardik Pandya's ankle injury, Shami was pushed into the starting XI and has amassed 23 wickets in six games.
The records that Mohammed Shami broke in the match against New Zealand:
- In the ODI World Cup, Mohammed Shami became the first bowler from India to reach 50 wickets. Overall, he passed Wasim Akram of Pakistan, Glenn McGrath of Australia, Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, Mitchell Starc of Australia, Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, and Trent Boult of New Zealand as the eighth bowler to reach the 50-wicket milestone.
- The greatest bowling figures by an Indian in One-Day Internationals was set by Mohammed Shami. He outperformed Stuart Binny, who in June 2014 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur recorded numbers of 4.4-2-4-6 versus Bangladesh.
- Mohammed Shami made history in the ODI World Cup by becoming the bowler with the fastest fifty wicket haul. After just 17 innings in the major tournament, the bowler achieved the feat. At Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium, Mitchell Starc had earlier broken the record in his 19th innings of a match against India.
- In the World Cup knockout stages, Mohammed Shami established the record for the best bowling figures. In 1975, Australia's Gary Gilmour set a record that stood for 48 years, until Shami shattered it. In the World Cup semi-final at Headingley in Leeds, Gilmour had numbers of 12-6-14-6.
- Mohammed Shami finished with the fifth-best bowling statistics in World Cup history. Additionally, he became the fifth bowler to take seven wickets in a World Cup match, behind Glenn McGrath, Andy Bichel, Tim Southee, and Winston Davis.
- The record for most wickets for India in an ODI World Cup edition was established by Mohammed Shami. He overtook Zaheer Khan, who had won nine matches with 21 wickets in the 2011 major tournament.
- In World Cup history, Mohammed Shami set a record for the most five-wicket hauls. He surpassed Australia's Starc, who has three five-wicket scores from 26 outings, with four fifers.
- The record for most five-wicket finishes in a single World Cup edition was established by Mohammed Shami. In the ongoing major event taking place on Indian soil, Shami has three fifers to his name. There are two five-wicket hauls to the names of Gary Gilmour (1975), Ashantha de Mel (1983), Vasbert Drakes (2003), Shahid Afridi (2011), and Mustafizur Rahman (2019).
- In the One-Day Internationals against New Zealand, Mohammed Shami also established the record for the greatest bowling stats. He beat the record set by veteran Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who recorded 9-1-16-6 at the National Stadium in Karachi back in April 2002.
