Mohammed Shami

Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun has recalled his conversation with Mohammed Shami when the star Indian pacer wanted to quit playing cricket in 2018.

The 5 weeks that he spent there, he realized what working on fitness can do to him," Arun recalled. We are going to send you to the National Cricket Academy and want you to go there for 4 weeks and stay there. Shami failed a yo-yo test ahead of India's tour of England in 2018. Arun revealed that when he realized Shami was in a bad mood, he took him to ex-India head coach Ravi Shastri. Shastri's plan worked out well, as Shami was able to restart his career within a short period of time. He came to me and said 'I am very angry and I want to quit cricket'," Arun was quoted as saying.

Mohammad Shami struggled with fitness a few years back, when Ravi Shastri helped him make a great turnaround, revealed ex-India bowling coach Bharat Arun.

The 5 weeks that he spent there, he realised what working on fitness can do to him." It suited Shami also because he had a problem going to Kolkata then so he spent 5 weeks at the NCA. Like us on [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robo.ndtv.cricket&hl=en)or [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/ndtv-cricket/id418320331?mt=8). He came to me and said 'I am very angry and I want to quit cricket'. Arun added that Shastri sent him to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. On one such occasion, he wanted to give up the game, when former India coach [Ravi Shastri](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/41719-ravishankar-jayadritha-shastri-playerprofile) and ex-bowling coach Bharat Arun stopped him. He called me and said he wanted to have a word with me. We are going to send you to National Cricket Academy and want you to go there for 4 weeks and stay there. I still remember the call he made and told me 'Sir, I have become like a stallion. [Mohammad Shami](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/1580-shami-ahmed-playerprofile) has been one of the main pillars of the Indian bowling attack in the last decade. This is the best thing that has happened to you because you have a ball in hand. So I invited him to my room; he was going through a personal turmoil.

Embracing a tumultuous time on the personal front, pacer Mohammed Shami was ready to call time on his cricket career. Former India bowling Bharat Arun has ...

Embracing a tumultuous time on the personal front, pacer Shami was ready to call time on his cricket career. It suited Shami also because he had a problem going to Kolkata then so he spent 5 weeks at the NCA. The decision worked like a charm as Shami ended up reviving his career. The 5 weeks that he spent there, he realised what working on fitness can do to him," Arun added. He came to me and said 'I am very angry and I want to quit cricket'. Prior to his unimpressive fitness test in 2018, star pacer Shami had also suffered multiple setbacks due to an injury. We are going to send you to National Cricket Academy and want you to go there for 4 weeks and stay there. Little did Shami know that his failure in the yo-yo test would prove to be a major turning point in his impressive international career. Former India bowling Bharat Arun has revealed that pacer Shami had a life-changing conversation with ex-Indian head coach Ravi Shastri before the Men In Blue toured England. He called me and said he wanted to have a word with me. In his open and honest conversation with the then-India head coach, speedster Shami expressed his desire of quitting cricket due to personal reasons. I immediately took him to Ravi Shastri and...'': Ex-India coach

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इंग्लैंड के 2018 के दौरे से ठीक पहले भारतीय टीम से बाहर किए जाने के बाद मोहम्मद शमी ने ...

बातचीत और एनसीए में बिताए गए सप्ताह निर्णायक साबित हुए। शमी ने भारतीय प्लेइंग इलेवन में वापसी की और इंग्लैंड के 2018 के दौरे पर पांच टेस्ट मैचों में 16 विकेट लेकर दूसरे प्रमुख विकेट लेने वाले खिलाड़ी बने। उसी साल उन्होंने ऑस्ट्रेलिया में चार मैचों की टेस्ट श्रृंखला के दौरान 16 विकेट भी लिए। टेस्ट में शमी का गेंदबाजी औसत भी उनकी वापसी के बाद कम हुआ। इस घटना से पहले के 30 टेस्ट में शमी का औसत 28.90 था। इसके बाद 31 टेस्ट मैच में उनका गेंदबाजी औसत घटकर 25.52 हो गया। और क्या जानते हो?’ भरत अरुण ने कहा, ‘साल 2018 के इंग्लैंड दौरे से ठीक पहले फिटनेस टेस्ट हुआ था और शमी इसमें फेल हो गए थे। उन्होंने भारतीय टीम में अपनी जगह खो दी। उसने मुझे फोन किया और कहा कि वह मुझसे बात करना चाहता है। मैंने उसे अपने कमरे में बुलाया। उसकी निजी जिंदगी में उथल-पुथल मची थी। इसका उनकी फिटनेस पर असर पड़ा। वह मानसिक रूप से भी परेशान थे।’

Former India bowling coach Bharat Arun recently revealed how Shami, from almost deciding to call it quits from professional cricket roared back to form and ...

Arun said that Ravi Shastri had decided to send Shami to the National Cricket Academy (NCA), instead of his hometown for further rehabilitation. Shami went onto play all five Tests in that series, where he scalped 16 wickets, ending up as the fourth-highest wicket-taker in the series. We are going to send you to National Cricket Academy and want you to go there for 4 weeks and stay there. He has also notched up as many as seven Test centuries against them. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison. He came to me and said ‘I am very angry and I want to quit cricket’,” Arun was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. Ahead of India’s tour of England the same year, Shami even failed a fitness test, eventually losing his place in the Indian team. It suited Shami also because he had a problem going to Kolkata then so he spent 5 weeks at the NCA,” he added. “I immediately took Shami to meet Ravi Shastri. We both went up to his room and I said ‘Ravi, Shami wants to say something’. He called me and said he wanted to have a word with me. So I invited him to my room; he was going through a personal turmoil.