In the context of T20 World Cup, Star India pacer Mohammed Shami has blasted Inzamam-ul-Haq for accusing Team India of tempering with the ball.
Moreover, he dismissed allegations made by former Pakistan cricketers during ODI World Cup that the fast bowler played with a doctored ball fitted with an embedded chip.
“I had mentioned before that if I ever get a chance or platform in future, I would definitely like to open the ball and show whether there is any device inside or not. Your bowlers swing & reverse swing is skill but when we do then they say it’s tampering and says chip on ball,” said Shami on YouTube channel, Shubhankar Mishra.
Shami reacted to such claims credited to Inzamam by expressing his disagreement and telling them not to lie to members of the public in this manner.
“Jo unke against perform karegi team wo wahan par target hoti hain. Manlo maine device se ball daal diya aur button ulta dab gaya. Maine inswing daal but outswing ho gayi toh chauka ho jayega. Ye cartoon giri kahin aur chal sakti hai, yeh public ko bewakoof banane wali baate hain,” explained Shami (The team that performs against them gets targeted there. Suppose I bowled with the device and pressed the button incorrectly. I intended to bowl an inswinger but it turned into an outswinger, resulting in a boundary. This kind of cartoonish behavior can happen elsewhere; these are just ways to fool the public).
“The 15th over was being bowl by Arshdeep Singh and the ball was reversing” Is it too early (for reverse swing) with new ball? It means that probably from 12th or 13th overs, the ball should have started swinging. Umpires should keep their eyes open (to spot) these things… If it was Pakistani bowlers (reverse swinging the ball) this would have been a big issue. We know reverse swing very well and if Arshdeep can come in the 15th over and start reversing the ball, it means some serious work had bee done before.” Inzamam had said on Pakistani news channel.
Furthermore, Shami went ahead to disclose his closest friends within the Indian cricket team during that talk as he has returned to bowling in the nets after being out of action since ODI World Cup due to ankle injury.
“Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma are my Best friends. They are the ones who call me and check me when I am injure and in recovery,” added Shami.
