Mohammed Shami's numbers stand out among Indian Test pacers |courtesy – ICC
\n\nMohammed Shami announced his retirement from Test cricket on Thursday (November 6), on the 13th anniversary of his debut for the Indian team in the longest format of the game. The star pacer last played for the national team in whites more than three years ago during the 2023 World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at the iconic Oval Stadium in London.
\n\nShami's retirement from the longest format of the game brings to an end the career of one of India's greatest-ever pacers. The Bengal star played Test cricket for India for a decade and will be remembered as a key part of the country's greatest-ever side in the format under Virat Kohli's captaincy.
\n\n64 – Shami played in 64 Test matches for India and took 229 wickets. This makes him India's sixth-highest wicket-taking pacer after Kapil Dev, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath, and Jasprit Bumrah
\n\n27.71 – Among the 10 Indian pacers to take more than 100 Test wickets, Shami has the second-best average (27.71) after Jasprit Bumrah (19.79). No one in the elite list averages below 30. Among players with a lower average, the…
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