Mohammed Shami Creates History, Becomes First Bowler In The World To...
Shami opened the bowling attack for SRH on Friday against CSK at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and dismissed Shaik Rasheed on the first ball.
Mohammed Shami is playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025, and on Friday, April 25, he entered his name in the history books by becoming the first bowler in the world to take a wicket off the first ball of an innings in the IPL on four occasions. Shami opened the bowling attack for the Pat Cummins-led side on Friday against Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, and on the first ball of the match, he dismissed Shaik Rasheed. The 20-year-old right-handed batter from Andhra Pradesh was caught by Abhishek Sharma for a golden duck in the first slip.
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Shami, who was signed for Rs 10 crore by SRH in the IPL 2025 mega auction, has previously dismissed Jacques Kallis, KL Rahul and Phil Salt on the first ball of the innings of an IPL match. A total of 41 bowlers have picked up wicket on the first ball of innings in IPL but Shami is only one to repeat the feat four times.
Bowlers to take wicket on first ball of innings in IPL (most times)
- Mohammed Shami – 4 times
- Lasith Malinga – 3 times
- Ashoke Dinda – 3 times
- Praveen Kumar – 3 times
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 3 times
- Umesh Yadav – 3 times
- Trent Boult – 3 times
- Dirk Nannes – 2 times
- Irfan Pathan – 2 times
- Albie Morkel – 2 times
- Harbhajan Singh – 2 times
- Pat Cummins – 2 times
- Zaheer Khan – 2 times
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 2 times
- Deepak Chahar – 2 times
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Batters dismissed by Mohammed Shami on the first ball of an innings of IPL match
- Jacques Kallis (KKR), in Dubai (2014)
- KL Rahul (LSG), in Mumbai (WS) (2022)
- Phil Salt (KKR), in Ahmedabad (2023)
- Shaik Rasheed (CSK), Chennai (2025)
The ongoing season of the IPL has been a forgettable one for Shami so far. In eight matches for SRH he has only managed to take six wickets. He was dropped from the playing XI as well for the last match against the Mumbai Indians, which SRH lost by 7 wickets in front of home fans at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
During SRH’s sixth league match played against Punjab Kings in Hyderabad on April 12, Shami conceded 75 runs in his quota of four overs, which entered his name in a forgetful list. After finishing with figures of 0 for 75 in four overs, Shami now holds the record for worst bowling figures in the IPL by an Indian bowler and second overall in the world’s richest franchise cricket league.
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