{"id":391456,"date":"2023-11-17T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/11\/17\/if-the-ball-is-not-swinging-mohammed-shami-reveals-his-success-mantra-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:45:14","slug":"if-the-ball-is-not-swinging-mohammed-shami-reveals-his-success-mantra-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/11\/17\/if-the-ball-is-not-swinging-mohammed-shami-reveals-his-success-mantra-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If the ball is not swinging&#8230;&#8221;: Mohammed Shami reveals his success mantra | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s star pacer <!-- -->Mohammed Shami<!-- -->, who is in exceptional form in the <!-- -->ICC ODI World Cup<!-- -->, emphasised on his strategy of maintaining a stump-to-stump length and targeting a specific delivery &#8220;zone&#8221; to secure wickets.<br \/>Shami is the highest wicket-taker in the mega tournament with 23 scalps in six matches. His economy rate stands at 5.01, boasting a four-for and three five-wicket hauls.<br \/>In the recent semifinal clash against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Shami rattled the Kiwis batting line with seven wickets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW\">\n<p class=\"efT4r\">ICC World Cup 2023: Cricket fever takes on Ahmedabad, hotel room prices surge upto Rs 1.2 lakh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shami missed the initial four matches of the World Cup, with all-rounder Hardik Pandya being the preferred pacer in the team before an ankle injury ruled him out for the remainder of the competition.<br \/>Since then, Shami has been phenomenal with his pace and seam, getting the ball to move in every condition.<br \/>&#8220;I always look at what the situation is, how the pitch and the ball are behaving and if the ball is swinging or not,&#8221; Shami told Star Sports.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GFX2\" msid=\"105290906\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-105290906,width-600,resizemode-4\/105290906.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;And, if the ball is not swinging, I try and bowl stump to stump while trying to land it in a zone where the ball can catch an edge of the batters (when they) are driving.&#8221;<br \/>Former India head coach Ravi Shastri also believes that Shami will have a significant role to play in the final against Australia in Ahmedabad on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW\">\n<p class=\"efT4r\">Breaking: India enter World Cup 2023 final, beat New Zealand by 70 runs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The very first ball, if he (Shami) is sprinting in, (I wish) good luck to the batters. The seam presentation, the way the ball lands&#8230; What he has done in this World Cup is to consistently hit the right lengths,&#8221; he said during an event in Chennai on Friday.<br \/>&#8220;Even in Mumbai, he was troubling the batsmen with his skills. Not many got the ball to move around, but he got to do it and got the outside edges,&#8221; added Shastri. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')<\/p>\n<p>      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }<\/p>\n<p>    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-world-cup\/news\/if-the-ball-is-not-swinging-mohammed-shami-reveals-his-success-mantra\/articleshow\/105290371.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s star pacer Mohammed Shami, who is in exceptional form in the ICC ODI World Cup, emphasised on his strategy of maintaining a stump-to-stump length and targeting a specific delivery &#8220;zone&#8221; to secure wickets.Shami is the highest wicket-taker in the mega tournament with 23 scalps in six matches. 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