The Indian fast bowler has been left out of both the India and India A squads for the upcoming series against South Africa.
Shami played a key role in India’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 triumph in March, but his IPL 2025 performance did not stand out, and the selectors seem to be leaning toward younger pace options.
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The senior pacer has so far scalped 15 wickets in just three matches, including an impressive five-wicket haul against Gujarat.
Mohammed Shami set to bid goodbye to International Cricket
Well, India’s pace attack for the upcoming Test series against South Africa is now led by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
After India's Test squad was announced, rumors of Mohammed Shami's retirement from international cricket intensified. As claimed by the Aaj Tak journalists, Shami is likely to call time on his inspirational journey soon. It is all but confirmed that the Indian selectors sealed Shami’s fate.
With the latest snub, the senior Indian pacer’s career is over now. Like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, the Bengal pacer is unlikely to get a farewell match with India.
Seems to be the end of Mohd Shami, one of the finest the Indian cricket has ever seen. Only Bumrah (42.7) has a better strike rate than Shami (50.2) amongst the Indian bowlers, who have played more than 20 Test matches. Remember, Shami also played a fair bit of his cricket at…
— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9) November 5, 2025
Mohammad Shami has been a legend in his own right, a great soldier of Indian cricket. Doesn’t deserve this kind of an ending pic.twitter.com/vqP7Ua8TzZ
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) November 5, 2025
Mohammed Shami's coach blasts Indian selectors for using T20 Metrics to pick the Test team
Meanwhile, Shami's coach, Mohammed Badruddin, slammed the Indian selectors for using the T20 metrics for Test selection. Badruddin was quoted as saying by Sports Tak:
He further said, “If you’re selecting for tests using T20 metrics, that’s not right. You should look at who’s doing well in Ranji and pick from there. But here, it looks like the decisions are pre-decided—they already know which players they want, and they just stick to that list.
"So, all this talk about performance or fitness is just an excuse. Saying 'he’s unfit' or 'needs match practice'—that'’s not true. They already have a plan about who they want to play and who they don’t.”
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