📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / NAPARAZZI
Sports
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami announces retirement from Test cricket, hints at white‑ball plans
✍️ NDTV Sports
🗓 07 Nov 2026, 05:53 AM
👁 11
India’s leading fast bowler Mohammed Shami has retired from Test cricket, while indicating he will continue to feature in limited‑overs formats.
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami confirmed his retirement from Test cricket in a statement released on Monday, ending a decade‑long stint in the longest format.
Shami, who debuted in Tests in 2013, has claimed over 300 wickets for India, delivering match‑winning spells in overseas series that secured historic victories.
While stepping away from Tests, he said he remains committed to India’s white‑ball squads and will assess his role in ODIs and T20Is based on fitness and team requirements.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) thanked Shami for his contributions and said a formal farewell will be organised during the upcoming home series.
Shami, who debuted in Tests in 2013, has claimed over 300 wickets for India, delivering match‑winning spells in overseas series that secured historic victories.
While stepping away from Tests, he said he remains committed to India’s white‑ball squads and will assess his role in ODIs and T20Is based on fitness and team requirements.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) thanked Shami for his contributions and said a formal farewell will be organised during the upcoming home series.