Ravi Shastri: This incident is from the series against South Africa in 2018
Ravi Shastri: Former Indian coaches Ravi Shastri and Bharat Arun on Tuesday revealed an anecdote about Mohammed Shami. They told how Shami performed brilliantly after getting angry and played an important role in winning against South Africa in Johannesburg. Let us tell you that in 2018, India finished a match in four days and thanks to Shami’s five wickets, India won by 63 runs.
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Ravi Shastri: This 2018 match was the last Test match of the series against South Africa. The host team had already won the first two matches and captured the trophy. On the fourth day of the match in Johannesburg, South Africa had eight wickets left and needed 223 runs to whitewash. Then by lunch the score was 171 runs and seven wickets were left.
While talking to Sony Sports, Ravi Shastri told that when he was passing by Shami, he saw that his plate was full of biryani. He said, ‘It was Johannesburg. Last day. It was very hot in that match. On the last day of that match, they needed 240 runs, only 100 runs were to be made. Eight wickets in hand. It was lunch time and when I was passing by, there was Shami’s plate. He had kept a big portion of biryani there.’
What did Ravi Shastri say about Shami
Former India bowling coach Arun revealed that Shastri then asked the veteran bowler if he had lost his appetite after eating biryani. He said, ‘Ravi went to him and asked him, ‘Tera khush idhar theek ho gaya kya?’ But Shami angrily refused to take the plate of biryani and said that he did not want to eat it.
Arun told that Shastri advised him to leave Shami alone and said that if you want to talk to him then ask him to take wickets. Shastri said, ‘Take the plate. I don’t want biryani, fuck biryani.’
Shastri further told, after the match was over Arun said, ‘Take the biryani, now eat as much as you want.’ Then Shami laughingly said, always make me angry then everything becomes fine. Let us tell you that this victory was India’s second victory at the Wanderers Stadium and third victory overall on South African soil.
