Team India fast-bowler Mohammad Shami had a peach of a 2019 and picked up 42 wickets to finish number 1 on the list of highest wicket-taker in One Day International (ODI) cricket.
Shami has been a key part of the Indian squad in the ODI and Test formats of the game this year, bamboozling batsmen with his seam bowling on multiple occasions.
The 29-year-old had a fruitful ICC World Cup 2019 campaign too, finishing second on the list of highest wicket-taker for the 'Men In Blue'.
Shami also bagged a memorable hat-trick against Afghanistan during the tournament and became the 2nd Indian ever achieve this landmark at the event.
Since 2014, this is the second time Shami has finished the year as the highest ODI wicket-taker, knocking 38 wickets to his name last time.
New Zealand's Trent Boult (38 wickets), Lockie Ferguson (35 wickets), Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman (34) and India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar (33) are the other bowlers who closely followed the 'Men In Blue' pacer this year.
List of Indian bowlers who ended as the highest ODI wicket-taker in a calendar year:
1998 – Ajit Agarkar (58)
2004 – Irfan Pathan (47)
2019 – Mohammed Shami (42*)
2014 – Mohammed Shami (38)
1986 – Kapil Dev (32)
However, Mohammed Shami is not part of the Team India squad which will take on Sri Lanka and Australia in a three-match ODI and T20I series in January 2020.
Squads:
For T20Is against Sri Lanka: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav,Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar.
For ODIs against Australia: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal,Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini,Jasprit Bumrah,Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami.
