Mohammed Shami impressed Indian cricket fans with his astonishing bowling in the 2nd innings of India vs South Africa 1st Test in Visakhapatnam. Shami, who went wicket-less in the 1st innings, crushed South African batsmen with some great swingers on the Day 5 of the match. As a result, Twitterati started sharing memes on the drastic difference in Shami’s bowling in the 1st and 2nd innings. #Shami also became a trending topic on Twitter with people sharing hilarious memes over his bowling performance. India Vs South Africa, Live Cricket Score 1st Test Match.
Twitter users described the difference in Shami's bowling with hilarious photos. For instance, a Twitter user described Shami’s bowling in 1st innings as Akshay Kumar’s film Joker while his bowling in 2nd innings as Hollywood’s film Joker. Have a look at some memes over Shami's bowling. Rohit Sharma Has Test Average of 100, Check List of Records by Opening Batsman as He Scores Hundred in Both Innings of IND vs SA 1st Test Match 2019.
LOL!
#Shami in second innings pic.twitter.com/XeI1lak5eU
— Kalyani Gaikwad 🇮🇳 (@kalyanirgaikwad) October 6, 2019
Shami on Fire!
He just destroyed the Opposition. #Shami #IndvSA #IndvsInd pic.twitter.com/l8exdGyqHi
— Prince Pandey🍁🦜 (@princepandey_) October 6, 2019
Shami Bounces Back!
Mohammad Shami in every match #CWC19 #Shami 🙏🎉 pic.twitter.com/O6jcMfiMYG
— दाढ़ी वाले बाबा (@iAyush_Mishra) July 1, 2019
Shami the Destroyer!
Thanos #Shami takes 5 wickets in this match like: #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/c9MPs18mpF
— C h u l b u l A a s h i q 🚬 (@beingaashiq12k) June 30, 2019
HAHAHA!
Now we will win the match before lunch
Le tailenders 🤣 pic.twitter.com/cLI7aCQsXi
— Waz (@washersrkian1) October 6, 2019
Shami bagged three South Africa wickets in a row. He dismissed Temba Bavuma (0), Faf du Plessis (13) and Quinton de Kock (0) back-to-back. Other than Shami, Ravindra Jadeja also bowled amazingly on Day 5, bagging 4 wickets till lunch. With Shami and Jadeja’s incredible bowling, Proteas suffered a batting collapse on the Day 5 of the 1st Test. At lunch, India needed only 2 wickets to win the match as South Africa chase a huge total of 395 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin, who clinched 7 wickets in the first innings, took 1 wicket in the match till lunch. He was able to grab his 350th Test wicket and became the joint-fastest bowler to reach 350 wickets in Tests. Ashwin shares the record with Sri Lanka’s former spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, both of whom bagged the feat in 66 innings. Meanwhile, the 2nd Test between India and South Africa will begin from October 10 in Pune.
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