Will India Get Another Mohammed Shami? Paras Mhambrey's Heartfelt Praise For Star Pacer

Mohammed Shami possesses a rare ability of landing the ball in an upright seam position every single time and no coach in the world can create such a fast bowling "artist", gushed India's bowling coach Paras Mhambrey. Shami, who finished on top of the bowling charts with 24 wickets from seven matches in the ODI World Cup, has been India's go-to bowler in ODIs and Tests. Mhambrey, one of the quietest back-room workers in the current Indian set-up, doesn't want to take any credit for Shami's success.

Will India get another talent like Mohammed Shami? "Well, if I tell you that coaches could create a bowler like Shami, then I would be lying. If a bowler can land it on upright seam every time then every other bowler in the world will be Shami," Mhambrey told PTI in an exclusive interview before leaving for the tour of South Africa.

"It is a skill that Shami has acquired with tremendous hardwork and developed himself into the bowler that he is.

"Bowling ball after ball on the seam and with that perfect wrist position and getting it to move either ways is a rare skill set. A lot of bowlers, even if they land deliveries on the seam, will see the ball straightening up after pitching," Mhambrey said.

The former India pacer also spoke about another brilliant operator Jasprit Bumrah in the same vein.

"Even Bumrah with his unusual action gets the ball to move in or away with same action. This is an art and lot of hard work and dedication goes into perfecting the art." The way Shami and Bumrah have managed to dominate the the batters around the world is something that has surprised Mhambrey. Many would be envy of their success.

"I think in Test matches, we had Bumrah, Shami and Ishant (Sharma), who created this kind of magic but