The veteran Gujarat Titans pacer Mohammed Shami has completely rattled the batting lineup of the Delhi Capitals in the ongoing 44th match of the Indian Premier League 2023. Notably, both teams are locking horns with each other at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The visitors’ skipper David Warner won the toss and decided to bat first at the surface of NMS, Ahmedabad.
Coming back to Shami, he bowled a fiery spell in the powerplay against the visitors and scalped four wickets by conceding just 11 runs in his quota of four overs.
Subsequently, the fans are also elated following this bowling hero from the veteran pacer; they immediately took to Twitter, lavishing praises on Shami for his amazing spell to tremble the entire top and middle order of the Delhi Capitals.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Ajj match jaldi khatm karke kal ka Jhagda khatm karne Jane vale hai lagta hai
— N I K H I L (@nikhilkalavale) May 2, 2023
Shami to DC today: pic.twitter.com/eqBoTkpyuU
— Anirban Ghoshᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@Anirban_Ghosh_) May 2, 2023
Kash aise fire WTC ke final m bhi kr le to mza AA jayega.
— ︽Aɹuñ _T𝔥αkuɹ_ XÒ🌟 (@Thakur_Arun_618) May 2, 2023
Purple cap holder @MdShami11, you beauty. Shami bhai tussi great ho. Big hopes in CWC23 from you.
— Anoop Singh (@anoopshaashtra) May 2, 2023
This version of Mohammed Shami could be really dangerous in the World Cup. #IPL2023pic.twitter.com/UULK3L0G1r
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) May 2, 2023
Shami entering prime in world cup year and WTC final pic.twitter.com/AFcRGhwpvr
— Anirban Ghoshᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@Anirban_Ghosh_) May 2, 2023
Wickets against Pakistan and England in T20 World Cup?
— rohan (@rohancric947) May 2, 2023
Jo bhi ho please yaar world cup mei choke mat karna. Not telling this specifically to shami i want every bowler to perform
— CHEEKU 🇮🇳 (@CricCrazy_1) May 2, 2023
He is knocking the door of selectors for white ball cricket.#GTvDC #DCvsGT
— Cric_tok x meme (@cric_tok) May 2, 2023
Icc should introduce orange and purple cap in world cups too.🤣🤣
— Sallu.🇮🇳 (@Mohammed23637) May 2, 2023
And it back to the deserved player
— Murugananthan (@Murugan27025364) May 2, 2023
Don't know how Tushar wears the purple Cap
What a spell 💥💪 Shami ⚡
— Suresh Akhil💥👿✨⚡ (@RomanRe96904444) May 2, 2023
Talking about the current action of the match, DC have scored 91 runs for the loss of six wickets after the end of 16 overs. At the time of filling this copy, the strategic timeout was announced by the umpires having DC’s Aman Hakim Khan and Ripal Patel in the middle on the individual scores of 35 and 3 runs respectively.
Other than Shami, another senior pacer of GT, Mohit Sharma has also scalped one wicket after conceding 18 runs in 2 overs.
Taking a look at the points table of the tournament, both teams are currently placed in completely different positions; Gujarat Titans are the table toppers with 12 points having six wins in the eight matches they played before this clash including two losses.
Whereas, on the other hand, David Warner’s men have earned only four points with two wins and six defeats in the eight games prior to this fixture against the defending champions.