Shami showed remarkable performance on his first-class comeback to not only assure his boarding pass for the Australia series Down Under, but also guided Bengal to their first victory of this Ranji Trophy season against old nemesis Madhya Pradesh. Bengal in the last 15 years have always come a cropper against Madhya Pradesh.

According to a report by Dainik Bhaskar, Mohammed Shami might travel with Rohit Sharma for Australia before the first Test of the crucial Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Optus Stadium in Perth. However,