Srinagar: Comeback pacer Mohammad Shami has reached the major cricketimg milestone of 200 ODI wickets and in the process has shattered multiple records.
Mohammad Shami reached to milestone during India’s opening clash of ICC Champions Trophy-2025 vs Bangladesh in UAE.
Playing his first ICC tournament since the ODI World Cup final in 2023, Shami broke Mitchell Starc’s world record for the fastest to take 200 ODI wickets (in terms of balls bowled).
He also became the fastest Indian to take 200 ODI wickets (in terms of matches), beating Ajit Agarkar by a huge margin.
Shami achieved the milestone by dismissing Bangladesh’s Jaker Ali for 68 in the 43rd over of the match on Thursday. It was a well-disguised slower ball and Jaker was through his shot way too early. All he managed to do was get it as far as the long on fielder Virat Kohli, who made no mistake.
Shami took 104 ODIs to get to 200 wickets. Agarkar, the previous record holder for India, had taken 133 matches.
Shami also equalled Pakistan great Saqlain Mushtaq to become the joint second-fastest (in terms of matches) in the world to take 200 wickets.
The fastest in the list is Australia’s Mitchell Starc The left-arm pacer took 102 ODIs to complete the milestone. Shami took 5126 balls to claim his 200th wicket, which is the fastest in world cricket.
Fewest balls to 200 ODI wickets
5126 Mohammed Shami
5240 Mitchell Starc
5451 Saqlain Mushtaq
5640 Brett Lee
5783 Trent Boult
5883 Waqar Younis
Fewest ODIs to 200 wickets
102 Mitchell Starc
104 Mohammed Shami/ Saqlain Mushtaq
107 Trent Boult
112 Brett Lee
117 Allan Donald
Fastest Indians to 200 ODI wickets
Mohammed Shami (104 ODIs)
Ajit Agarkar (133 ODIs)
Zaheer Khan (144 ODIs)
Javagal Srinath (147 ODIs)
Kapil Dev (166 ODIs)
Meanwhile India bundled out Bangladesh for 228 with Mohammad Shami claiming five wicket haul.