On the b'day of allama iqbal, a reminder to every shaheen:
nahi tera nasheman qasr-e-sultani ke gumbad par,
tu shaheen hai basera kar paharon ki chatanon mein. 🦅
"Test cricket has had bowlers who were quicker and a few who were prettier to watch. It has not had many who walked from floodlihhts of Eden Gardens to a hospital corridor and back and then bowled in morning as if nothing had happened."
A textbook setup ending with a broken stump 👊
🎥 Relive the moment @MdShami11 produced a beauty off the seam to castle Alastair Cook in Visakhapatnam (2016) 🎯
#TeamIndia
Test Debut: November 6th, 2013
Test retirement: November 6th, 2026
Last Test was in WTC final in 2023, unfortunately got injured, never picked again but he fought hard in Domestics, season after season but now he has given up Test cricket, he is truly an icon, Thank you, Shami 🥹
Safed jersey se vida le raha hoon, lekin usse judi yaadon se kabhi nahi… 🇮🇳❤️
Jab pehli baar Bharat ki Test jersey pehni thi, tab sirf ek sapna tha — apne desh ke liye kuch kar dikhane ka..
Uske baad har wicket, har sangharsh, har chot aur har comeback ne mujhe kuch na kuch sikhaya.
Test cricket mere liye sirf ek format nahi, meri zindagi ka ek behad khaas hissa raha hai.
Aaj bhaari dil aur anginat khoobsurat yaadon ke saath main Test cricket se retirement lene ka faisla kar raha hoon.
Is safar mein mera saath dene wale har teammate, coach, family aur un karodon Bharatiyon ka dil se shukriya, jinhone achhe aur mushkil dono waqt mein mujh par bharosa banaye rakha..
BCCI aur Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) ka bhi dil se shukriya, jinhone mere talent par bharosa kiya, mujhe aage badhne ke mauke diye aur mere cricket ke safar mein ek aham bhoomika nibhayi. Aapka saath aur vishwas mere liye hamesha khaas rahega.
Maidan par meri aakhri Test ball bhale hi fenki ja chuki ho, lekin Bharat ke liye khelne ka garv hamesha mere dil mein zinda rahega.
Shukriya, Test Cricket. ❤️
Aapka Shami 🇮🇳
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