The Amritsar Mail to Success. Thread on #MohammedShami on his birthday.
Born in Amroha, UP, the fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 test wickets, he learnt his early spurs under Coach B Siddique at Amroha. Shami was just 16 when he 1st appeared for UP-19 trials, but rejected.1/6

While on return, Coach Siddique got a call from Kolkata, wherein Dalhousie AC was looking for a fast bowler. Convinced by coach Siddique, Shami took the Amritsar Mail to Kolkata. Shami bowled in the SF match taking 4 wickets announcing his arrival at Kolkata. 2/6

Credit goes to Sh Suman Chakraborty of Dalhousie AC for spotting the talent of #MohammedShami particularly with his pace & control. In between Shami had got 40 odd wickets in Kolkata league w/o a place in Bengal Ranji Team. Matters changed when Dada - Sourav Ganguly ...3/6

was trying to return into Team India. Dada was facing Shami in the nets & when the 1st ball beat him, Dada tapped the pitch, the next few balls were similar, when Dada came upto Shami & asked "kya khel rahe ho". Dada then talked to someone on phone. On Nov 17, 2010, Shami ...4/6

was finally drafted into Bengal Ranji Team. @DeepDasgupta7, as Chf Selector, Bengal, has this to say "He was just brilliant, you had to pick him". Shami& #39;s Ranji debut was quite eventful, with him running high temperature. Inspite of that he took 3 wickets. He impressed...5/6

#MohammedShami& #39;s Ranji performance caught the eye of legend Wasim Akram who picked him for Kolkata Knight Riders. Soon doors opened up for Shami & history was made. A warhorse for #TeamIndia . Happy Birthday Sir @MdShami11 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💐" title="Blumenstrauß" aria-label="Emoji: Blumenstrauß">
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