Champions Trophy: Shami became the bowler to complete 200 ODI wickets in the least number of balls, leaving Starc behind..

Indian team's fast bowler Mohammad Shami performed brilliantly in the Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh. Shami is an experienced bowler on the team and a similar performance was expected from him. Shami achieved a special feat during this time. He has become the bowler to complete 200 wickets in ODIs in the least number of balls. Shami achieved this feat in 5126 ODI balls.

Shami was successful in leaving behind the giants.

In this case, Shami left behind Australia's star fast bowler Mitchell Starc who completed 200 ODI wickets in 5240 balls. Saqlain Mushtaq is the third place on this list who achieved this feat in 5451 balls, while Brett Lee and New Zealand's fast bowler Trent Boult completed 200 wickets in 5640 and 5783 balls respectively.

Shami equaled Mushtaq

Even though Shami became the fastest bowler to complete 200 wickets in terms of balls, in terms of matches, Starc is ahead of everyone. Starc had completed 200 wickets in 102 matches, while Shami completed this feat in 104 matches. He equaled Saqlain Mushtaq who had completed 200 ODI wickets in 104 matches.

Second-best performance by an Indian bowler in the Champions Trophy

Shami took five wickets for 53 runs in this match against Bangladesh, which is the second-best performance by an Indian bowler in the Champions Trophy. Ravindra Jadeja holds the record for the best bowling performance for India in this tournament. Jadeja took five wickets for 36 runs against West Indies in 2013. Sachin Tendulkar took four wickets for 38 runs against Australia in 1998 and he is in third place on this list.

Left Zaheer Khan behind

Shami has left Zaheer Khan behind based on his brilliant performance. Shami has become the highest wicket-taker for India in World Cup and Champions Trophy. Shami has taken 60 wickets in both these tournaments combined. Former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan has 59 wickets in the World Cup and Champions Trophy. At the same time, Javagal Srinath is in third place and has taken 47 wickets in both these tournaments. Jadeja has 43 wickets.

Surpassed Agarkar

Shami has become the fastest bowler to complete 200 wickets for India. Returning to international cricket after being away from injury for a long time, Shami took five wickets for 53 runs in his 104th match and left behind former Indian fast bowler Ajit Agarkar who had achieved this milestone in 133 matches. Shami's 200th wicket was Zakir Ali who scored 68 runs. One of the best fast bowlers in India, Shami has an average of less than 25 in the ODI format and he has already taken five wickets five times and four wickets 10 times. 34-year-old Shami is the eighth Indian to complete 200 wickets in ODI cricket.