New Zealand VS India: Mohammad Shami on Fire..

Napier, Janaury 23: Indian Fast Bowler Mohammed Shami on Wednesday became the fastest Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in One-day Internationals.

According to the reports, During the first match against New Zealand at McLean Park in Napier, he was reached this epic mile stone.

Shami removed New Zealand opener Martin Guptill in his first over to overtake the record previously held by left-arm swing bowler Irfan Pathan. Shami got to the landmark in his 56th ODI while Pathan had done it in 59 matches. Zaheer Khan (65 ODIs), Ajit Agarkar (67) and Javagal Srinath (68 ODIs) complete the list of top five fastest bowlers from India to take 100 ODI wickets.

On the international level, Shami is now tied with New Zealand pacer Trent Boult as the sixth fastest to the landmark in terms of matches played.

Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan leads the list, having set the record in 44 ODIs followed by Mitchell Starc (52 ODIs), Saqlain Mushtaq (53 ODIs), Shane Bond (54 ODIs) and Brett Lee (55 ODIs).

It is worth mentioning that, Shami has been in terrific form for India ever since he made a comeback in the One-day side in Australia earlier this month.

He was the fourth most successful bowler in Australia, bagging 5 wickets in 3 matches, after Bhuvneshwar Kumar (8), Jhy Richardson (6) and Yuzvendra Chahal (6).

Meanwhile, New Zealand bowled for 157 runs and India were 92/1 after 18 overs. Stay tuned to more updates.