Dubai: Mohammed Shami made a stunning return to international cricket after 14 months, quickly etching his name in the record books. Playing against Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy 2025 at Dubai Cricket Stadium, he became the fastest player to take 200 wickets in One Day Internationals (ODIs) based on balls bowled.
Shami achieved this milestone when he took his third wicket of the match, dismissing Jaker Ali, who had scored 68 runs. Ali had formed a remarkable partnership of 154 runs for the sixth wicket with Towhid Hridoy.
Before that, Shami had also claimed the wickets of Soumya Sarkar for a duck and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who scored just 5 runs. With this achievement, Shami became the second quickest in ODI history to reach 200 wickets after Australia’s Mitchell Starc, who accomplished it in 102 matches.
Before this match, Shami needed three more wickets to break the record. He surpassed the previous benchmark set by Ajit Agarkar, the current chief selector for the Indian cricket team, who took 133 innings to reach the same mark. Shami did it in just one more inning than Starc, showing his remarkable skill.
In this match, Virat Kohli also achieved a personal milestone, tying the record for the most catches by an Indian player in ODIs.
Fastest Players to 200 ODI Wickets (by balls bowled)
1. Mohammed Shami: 5,126 balls
2. Mitchell Starc: 5,240 balls
3. Saqlain Mushtaq: 5,451 balls
4. Brett Lee: 5,640 balls
5. Trent Boult: 5,783 balls
6. Waqar Younis: 5,883 balls
Fastest to 200 Wickets in ODIs (by matches)
- Mitchell Starc: 102 Matches
- Mohammed Shami: 104 Matches
- Saqlain Mushtaq: 104 Matches
- Trent Boult: 107 Matches
- Brett Lee: 112 Matches
- Allan Donald: 117 Matches
Fastest Indian to 200 Wickets in ODIs
- Mohammed Shami – 103 Matches
- Ajit Agarkar – 133 Matches
- Zaheer Khan – 144 Matches
- Anil Kumble – 147 Matches
- Javagal Srinath – 147 Matches
Highest Partnership for 6th Wicket or Below in Champions Trophy
1. 152* Towhid Hridoy & Jaker Ali vs India, Dubai 2025
2. 131 Justin Kemp & Mark Boucher vs Pakistan, Mohali 2006
3. 122 Chris Cairns & Chris Harris vs India, Nairobi 2000
4. 117 Rahul Dravid & Mohd Kaif vs Zimbabwe, Colombo RPS 2002
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