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Gujarat Titans' Mohammed Shami achieved a rare milestone in the IPL 2023 opener against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday (March 31). After rattling Devon Conway's wicket, Shami completed snared his 100th wickets in the history of IPL. Shami achieved this sensational feat in his 94th IPL match as he averages around 29.19 with a decent economy of 8.25.
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Shami clicked on this rare feat in the third over when his ripping delivery stormed into Conway's stumps to give GT an early breakthrough at the score of 14.
Shami is playing his second season with the Gujarat Titans, who roped him for a whopping Rs. 6.25 crores in the IPL 2022 mega auction after which he went on to pick 20 wickets. Shami became the 19th bowler and 14th Indian in the history of the IPL to taste this milestone. Earlier, Ashish Nehra, who happens to be GT's coach, also snared 106 wickets from 88 matches between 2008 and 2017.
Indian pacers with 100+ wickets in the IPL
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 154
Jasprit Bumrah - 145
Umesh Yadav - 135
Sandeep Sharma - 114
Ashish Nehra - 106
Vinay Kumar - 105
Zaheer Khan - 102
Mohammed Shami - 100
GT captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first against CSK in the IPL 2023 opener.
Hardik handed debut cap to Ireland's star Joshua Little while Dhoni kept all-rounders-laden playing XI for CSK. B Sai Sudharsan, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Abhinav Manohar and KS Bharat have been kept as GT's substitutes who will vie for impact player spot. Meanwhile, CSK have Tushar Deshpande, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane, Nishant Sindhu as their substitues out of which only one will feature as impact players.
“We'll bowl first. It's always good to play here. New start, new season, quite exciting. Almost everyone in the country has got motivation from him (Dhoni). Been a fan and admirer of him. Want boys to enjoy it. Result will take care of itself. It's different - I've left it in the coach. Ashu pa works all night on what needs to be done,” GT skipper Hardik said after the toss.
“Were also looking to bowl. Looks a good wicket and I don't think it will change. Don't know if there will be dew because it rained last night. You want to play in front of people. This stadium is twice the capacity of other stadiums. Fantastic atmohsphere. Preparation was good. We assembled quite early. It's a luxury to have (impact player). It becomes slightly easy to take the decision because you can use it at any time. Influence of allrounder has become slightly less because of the rule,” CSK captain MS Dhoni said.
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph. Subs: B Sai Sudharsan, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Abhinav Manohar, KS Bharat.
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar. Subs: Tushar Deshpande, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane, Nishant Sindhu.
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