New Delhi: Team India’s star pacer Mohammed Shami once again shined in CWC 2023 by wreaking havoc with his exception bowling in India’s clash against Sri Lanka last night at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
In the match, sensational Shami continued his monstrous form and broke the spine of Sri Lanka’s batting lineup by castling 5 crucial wickets after conceding just 18 runs in his 5 over-long spell.
However, one particular action of the right arm during the match made him the target of Pakistani media and fans who went on to make a communal issue about the same.
Pakistani fans slam Shami for aborting Sajdah
It all happened when Shami, who was dismantling the Sri Lankan batsman with his fierce bowling spell, completed his second 5-wicket haul of the tournament by dismissing Kasun Rajitha in the 13th Over of the game.
Post his fifer, Overjoyed Shami succumbed to the ground and sat in a position that suggested that he was about to perform a Sajdah to thank the Almighty God for his success in the game.
However, against all the expectations, the pacer stood up without doing Sajdah and continued to celebrate his achievement with the rest of his teammates.
Shami’s act instantly grabbed the attention of Pakistani media and fans who took to social media and criticized the cricketer for not completing his Sajdah.
Meanwhile, the Indian cricket fans jumped in support of Shami and hit back at the Pakistani people for dragging religion into everything instead of focusing on the game. This divided the internet and led to a heated internet war of words amongst fans from both sides.
Here are reactions from both sides on Mohammed Shami’s Sajdah issue
Mohammed Shami kneeled to perform Sajdah but he not did.
What is the reason he changed his mind?
#INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/SWRHGAkzuT
— Saim Chhinda (چِھنداَ) (@spotimon) November 2, 2023
Mohammed #Shami was about to do Sajda and then stopped midway, Bulldozer moved in-front of his eyes. (Related vdos disabled by indian #Twitter officials). People thanking #Jinnah again for making a land of freedom, #Pakistan. #Bangladesh also should show their gratitude to 1947. https://t.co/POVXdsvXY7
— Torongo M (@ttorongo) November 3, 2023
Pathetic display of journalism by some so called fanboy journalist in Pakistan who trending the celebration of Mohammed shami.. he was our pride, he is our pride and remain.
— Rohit Chaurasia 🇮🇳 (@RC96908961) November 2, 2023
THANK YOU JINNAH FOR SEPERATE US.#JINNAH#SAJDAH#MUHAMMADSHAMI pic.twitter.com/o9xTxp43s0
— Shanzy Baloch (@Baloch_Larki_) November 2, 2023
Islam-Left nexus stoop to new low everyday. Fuckers are peddling the disgusting narrative of #Shami not able to do #sajdah because of fear. He could hv sat just out of overwhelming excitement, which most of us do after some huge achievement. It’s like a gesture to mother earth… pic.twitter.com/sSMZHOSGQM
— Arpit Jain (@jain_arpit_26) November 3, 2023
Left: Danish Kaneria freely observing his religious practice after taking a wicket for Pakistan.
Right: Mohammed Shami stopped himself from doing Sajda after taking a fifer for India remembering the last backlash.
Thank You Quaid 🖤#INDvSL #Siraj #Shami #sajjdah pic.twitter.com/PWS4JdmvjV
— Naeem Sani (@credo_mind) November 2, 2023
Thank you, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, for a separate homeland for Muslims.#INDvsSL #INDvSL #Shami pic.twitter.com/UQgt09JjsF
— Itachi 🎗 (@uchiha_spurs_10) November 3, 2023
Roti to hai nahi khane ko, bade aaye homeland
— Quarantined Bhiya (@BhiyaKya) November 3, 2023
Pakistani players doing reverse sajda, no wonder Allah punish them through dropped catches 😏#INDvsSL || #INDvSL || #Shami pic.twitter.com/oHkOjhaC56
— Kriti Singh (@kritiitweets) November 2, 2023
#Shami and #Siraj are indian players So don’t give a tag of your BULLSHIT Mindset and go get some air.Stop polluting atmosphere!We Indians are proud of them and will always be . (https://blogs.20minutos.es) INDIA talk above religions,else they would not be playing today.
Har dharm se bada desh hai🇮🇳#Shut pic.twitter.com/1lxKECjSOB
— 🇮🇳 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓲 🇮🇳 (@Mini_Tripathii) November 3, 2023
Someone stepped on Naseem Shah’s leg while he was doing Sajda 😂#INDvSL || #Shami pic.twitter.com/k8BhyEhA8p
— Kriti Singh (@kritiitweets) November 2, 2023
Thanks you Jinnah for Pakistan.#INDvsSL #Sajda #Shami pic.twitter.com/FeE58eLTVq
— YASIR SADAM (@sadamyasir8) November 3, 2023
.@MdShami11 has replied to all the criticism the same way as #ShahRuhKhan did specially to the illegal saffron brigade and low life trolls if @wasimakramlive is regarded as sultan of swing bowling then undoubtedly #Shami is the badshah of swing bowling from now on in world of…
— 🇮🇳 Avi Dandiya (@avidandiya) November 2, 2023
Bobsy’s friend Hasan Ali & Maulwi Rizwan getting injured while doing Sajda 😭#INDvSL || #Shami pic.twitter.com/AT4gyeEMdi
— Kriti Singh (@kritiitweets) November 2, 2023
Mohammed Shami Scripts History against Sri Lanka
All 45 wickets of Shami in WC #MohammedShami#IndianCricketTeam#Hardik
pic.twitter.com/TovcBs57ED— Harsh (@harshthengineer) November 3, 2023
Meanwhile, Shami continued to be the undisputed King of ICC CWC 2023 by taking his wicket tally to 14 despite playing just 3 matches. He also dethroned India’s World Cup-winning legendary pacer Zaheer Khan to become the highest wicket-taker in the History of the ODI World Cup for India.
All thanks to Shami and his teammates, all-round performance, India managed to effortlessly thrash Sri Lanka by 302 runs to register their seventh successive victory in the ICC CWC 2023. ‘
With the victory, India is now the first team to qualify for the Semi-finals of the tournament. They will now face South Africa in their 8th fixture of the tournament which will be played at Kolakat’s Eden Gardens on November 5.
