Shami retires from Test cricket after 64 matches
Shami ends Test career with 229 wickets; remains available for limited-overs cricket.
Mohammed Shami retired from Test cricket on 6 November 2026, thirteen years after his debut. He finished his Test career with 229 wickets in 64 matches at an average of 27.71 and strike-rate 50.2. Shami took six five-wicket hauls in Tests and his last appearance was at The Oval in June 2023. He remains available for white-ball internationals after retiring from Tests. Shami took 5/44 and 3/63 at Centurion in December 2021 for match figures of 8/107. He reached 200 Test wickets during that match as India won by 113 runs. On debut at Eden Gardens in November 2013, Shami took 4/71 and 5/47 for match figures of 9/118 against West Indies. His 9/118 remains the best debut match figures by an Indian pace bowler in Test cricket. At Johannesburg in January 2018, Shami took 5/28 on the fourth day to seal a 63-run win for India.
CricHubb Take
Shami's retirement marks the end of an era for India's pace attack in the longest format.