Mohammed Shami shone with the bat as well as ball in the Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Madhya Pradesh in Indore. He contributed with a quick-fire 36 for Bengal on day 3 of the Test.

Mohammed Shami marked his return to competitive cricket after a year with a brilliant all-round performance in Bengal's Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh. The veteran pacer had claimed four wickets in the first innings and followed it up with a quickfire 37 runs in the second,

Resuming from 103 for one, Madhya Pradesh was all out for 167 in its first innings. Bengal put up 170 for five in its second essay to inflate its overall lead to 231 runs.

Shami first cleaned up MP captain Shubham Sharma for eight before returning to wipe off the tail, finishing with figures of 4/54 as Bengal gained the first-innings lead over Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy match in Indore on Thursday.

Shami got the wicket of Madhya Pradesh captain Shubham, dismissing the batter for eight runs on the second day

In a major boost to Indian cricket, pace bowler Mohammed Shami is set to return to the field for the first time since ODI World Cup final played in November last year. He has been included in Bengal squad for their next Ranji Trophy game against Madhya Pradesh.

Bengal will be hoping to clinch a win as they have been boosted with the services of India pacer Mohammed Shami, who is set to make a return to competitive cricket after nearly a year

Mohammed Shami returned to competitive cricket after 360 days following an ankle injury, representing Bengal in the Ranji Trophy against Madhya Pradesh. Despite a modest first-day performance, Shami bowled ten overs without taking a wicket.

The 34-year-old Shami is also playing his first Ranji Trophy match for Bengal since November 2018, when he featured in a one-off game against Kerala before embarking on a Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour to Australia then.