World Cup 2023: Mohammed Shami goes on record-breaking spree at Wankhede against New Zealand

Mohammed Shami had a day to remember after India beat New Zealand by 70 runs on Wednesday, November 16 in the semi-final of the World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

India vs New Zealand scorecard

Shami finished with 9.5-0-57-7 as India bowled the Black Caps out for 327 while defending 397. The pacer started with the early wickets of Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra.

Thereafter, he came back to dismiss Kane Williamson and Tom Latham in the same over. It was after Williamson and Daryl Mitchell put on 181 runs for the third wicket. Once Shami dismissed Mitchell, it was all over bar the shouting for the Kiwis.

Later, Shami cleaned up the tail by picking up the wickets of Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson. After being drafted into the XI following Hardik Pandya’s ankle injury, Shami has picked up 23 wickets from six matches.

Here are the records that Mohammed Shami broke in the match against New Zealand

1 – Mohammed Shami became the first Indian bowler to pick up 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup. Overall, he became the seventh bowler to the 50-wicket mark after Australia’s Glenn McGrath, Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, Australia’s Mitchell Starc, Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, Pakistan’s Wasim Akram and New Zealand’s Trent Boult.

1 – Mohammed Shami became the fastest bowler to get 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup. The pacer accomplished the feat in only his 17th innings in the mega event. Mitchell Starc earlier set the record in his 19th innings in the match against India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

1 – Mohammed Shami set the record for the best bowling figures in the knockout matches of the World Cups. He broke a 48-year-old record set by Australia’s Gary Gilmour way back in 1975. Gilmour had figures of 12-6-14-6 in the semi-final of the World Cup at Headingley in Leeds.

1 – Mohammed Shami set the record for the best bowling figures by an Indian in ODIs. He went past Stuart Binny, who had figures of 4.4-2-4-6 against Bangladesh back in June 2014 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

1 – Mohammed Shami notched the record for most five-wicket hauls in the history of World Cups. With four fifers to his name, he went past Australia’s Starc, who has three five-wicket hauls to his name from 26 matches.

1 – Mohammed Shami set the record for the most five-wicket hauls in a single edition of the World Cup. Shami has three fifers to his name in the ongoing mega event on Indian soil. Gary Gilmour (1975), Ashantha de Mel (1983), Vasbert Drakes (2003), Shahid Afridi (2011), Mustafizur Rahman (2019) have two five-wicket hauls apiece to their names.

1 – Mohammed Shami set the record for most wickets for India in a single edition of the ODI World Cup. He went past Zaheer Khan, who had taken 21 wickets from nine matches back in the 2011 mega event.

1 – Mohammed Shami also set the record for the best bowling figures in ODIs against New Zealand. He broke the record of former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar, who had figures of 9-1-16-6 back in April 2002 at the National Stadium in Karachi.

5 – Mohammed Shami racked up the fifth-best bowling figures in the history of World Cups. He also became the fifth bowler after Glenn McGrath, Andy Bichel, Tim Southee and Winston Davis to pick up a seven-wicket haul in a World Cup match.