Team India needs Mohammed Shami because of Jasprit Bumrah

It came as a bit of a surprise when the Indian Selectors announced the team for the English series, and there was no Mohammed Shami in it. TBH, nobody can really accuse the management not to rage him, because the Pacer looked in the IPL 2025, just before the India-England test series, where he only packed six wickets, in nine games an average of 56.

Nothing explains the absence of Mohammed Shami in the test team

But on the other hand, Mohammed Shami was great in India’s Champions Trophy 2025 winning campaign, where he picked up 9 wickets in 5 games, on an average of 25, including a fiveer. So, is the 34-year-old Pacer test career-where he picked up 229 Wickets in 64 tests. Well, the truth is that India needs him more than ever.

For the last 2-3 series, the team has difficulty finding a perfect bowling partner for Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj has not been at its best. His 102 wickets in 37 tests speak a thousand words. Akash Deep and Prasidh Krishna are too inexperienced to help a lot. And that is where the team struggled the most.

Jasprit Bumrah needs a bowling partner

For example, let’s only talk about the Leeds test. While Jasprit Bumrah continued to stack on the pressure in the first innings and was a fiveer, Siraj and Prasidh were very expensive and leaked borders. But the end of the game, Bumrah had bent almost 45 overs.

Can Shami last at least two tests?

That only shows how much India Shami Team is missing. Yes, he may not be in the best form … For his body to resist the pressure of the entire series, but if Bumrah can be picked for three, why cannot Shami be picked for at least two. That would increase the competition in the team, the bowlers will be more than willing to fight for their places and only bring their A game forward.

Moreover, Shami 42 has picked up Wickets in England, in 14 games, and can add some value to the attack. Otherwise Siraj will be the Fallback option, and in the matches where Bumrah does not play, the pace attack would only look toothless.