Shami was a vital cog in India's bowling department during their last tour to Australia in 2018-19, picking up 16 wickets in four Tests and five wickets in three ODIs. Shami hails from Uttar Pradesh, but plays first-class cricket for Bengal from where he was noticed. Bumrah, Kumar, and Shami are not aberrations when it comes to speed—there is a long line of genuinely fast pacers waiting in the wings, waiting to step up on the big stage. He picked a five-wicket haul on his Test debut against West Indies in November 2013. Avesh Khan (22) Delhi Capitals’ Khan bowls regularly at 140kmph, and had touched 148.75 kmph in the last IPL season. Who is the fastest bowler in India 2019? And Navdeep Saini is the latest speed bowling machine on his way to join India’s elite fast bowling likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuveneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma and co. Shami made his debut in Twenty20 Internationals on 21 March 2014 against Pakistan in the opening match of the World T20 and took the wicket of Umar Akmal. Saini is young and fast. Mohammad Sami (Urdu: محمد سمیع ‎; born 24 February 1981) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays all formats of the game as fast bowler.Considered to be one of the fastest bowlers in Pakistan after Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis, Sami was the first bowler in cricket to notch hat-tricks in all three formats of the game. Shami is part of arguably India's best ever fast bowling attack in Test matches. Shami was in the 15-man squad named for the 2015 World Cup and was eventually included in the playing XI. In the summer that followed in England, Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, recorded the second-highest 10th wicket partnership for India in Tests, when they put on 111 runs against England in Nottingham. There is a perfect balance now between fitness and the bowling he does and that has worked very well for Shami. Among iconic pace batteries with a minimum 100 wickets together, Steyn-Morkel-Philander (South Africa) are second in the best strike-rate list (48.87) but the timeline covers 31 matches in seven years. What gives Shami an edge over others is his ability to reverse the ball i.e. He played Tests against South Africa and New Zealand and picked 6 and 10 wickets respectively. Shami is one of many members of the current touring party who helped India complete their maiden Test series win in Australia, back in 2018-19. Seam presentation and release set Shami apart from other bowlers. He later underwent a surgery. Ever since I saw him, most of his wickets were bowled. "Our fast bowling group can bowl at 140 km/h plus and you need that kind of pace in Australia," Shami said on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) website. "Our fast bowling group can bowl at 140 km/h plus and you need that kind of pace in Australia," Shami said on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) website. He had played only 15 first-class and 15 List A games when he was drafted into India's ODI team to play Pakistan in Delhi in January 2013. The Baroda all-rounder’s average bowling speed is little below 140 kmph, sometimes going above 145. He had a poor series at the 2014 tour of England with 5 wickets in 3 matches at an average of 73.20. It was later revealed that he had played through that entire tournament - and the preceding Test series against the hosts, essentially four months - through a knee injury. One of the most potent ones in India’s current famed fast bowling line-up comprising Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav, Shami’s main weapon is accuracy and speed. Shami bowled with lot of fire taking 10 wickets in three Test matches at an impressive average of 17.70. 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