Mohammed Shami was honoured with the Arjuna Award by President of India Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi on Tuesday. He was conferred with the honour at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Meanwhile, the likes of Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Munaf Patel among other cricketers congratulated the pacer on his achievement.
Shami, who has been India’s premier bowler for over a decade, was benched for the first four matches in the World Cup last year. He played his first match in the tournament at the expense of Hardik Pandya, who got injured against Bangladesh.
Since that match, Shami took three five-wicket hauls – two of them came against New Zealand. He took a career-best of 7/57 against New Zealand in the semifinal.
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