{"id":50262,"date":"2026-11-07T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T10:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=50262"},"modified":"2026-11-07T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T10:31:00","slug":"indias-shami-keeps-white-ball-focus-after-ending-test-career","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/indias-shami-keeps-white-ball-focus-after-ending-test-career\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Shami keeps white-ball focus after ending test career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0India fast bowler Mohammed Shami said he would continue playing white-ball cricket and remain available for domestic \u200bmulti-day matches after retiring from test cricket on \u200cFriday, bringing the curtain down on a 13-year red-ball career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The 36-year-old, who took 229 wickets in 64 tests after making a \u200bmemorable debut against West Indies in 2013, announced \u200bhis decision in a video posted on social \u2060media on the anniversary of his first test appearance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s \u200bend this 13-year journey here today,&#8221; Shami said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;I made my \u200bdebut today, and today I am taking retirement. I am leaving this, but I will continue to play white-ball cricket, whether \u200bit is IPL or domestic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;If it is needed for \u200bfitness, I will continue to play days cricket. So, this was the \u200cjourney \u2060so far. I started it today, and I am ending it today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">His final test appearance came in the World Test Championship final against Australia in 2023, but \u200bhe continued to \u200bplay limited-overs \u2060cricket before injuries and fitness concerns hampered his appearances for India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Shami, India&#8217;s all-time leading \u200bwicket-taker in 50-over World Cups with 55 wickets, \u200blast \u2060featured for India in a one-day international against New Zealand last year and in a Twenty20 match against England \u2060in \u200bFebruary 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He currently represents Bengal in \u200bdomestic cricket and plays for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier \u200bLeague.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22148,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-50262","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"His final test appearance came in the World Test Championship final against Australia in 2023.","published_date":"","news_description":"His final test appearance came in the World Test Championship final against Australia in 2023.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50264,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50262\/revisions\/50264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=50262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}