live now It was one of the loudest pops in Dharamsala on Sunday. Mohammed Shami held the ball for the first time at this Cricket World Cup, scampered in from over the stumps, and then let go of a length ball with that picture perfect seam bolt upright. It would come into Will Young, who dragged it onto his stumps and pop. 10 Indian shirts converged in jubilation towards the middle of the 22-yard strip at the HPCA Stadium while one just raised his finger up. For Shami, who was benched for the previous four India games in the tournament, business looked as usual. It raised a pertinent question. Where was he all this time? Why didn’t the Indian management look at him as a first choice bowler from the very first game of the World Cup? Shardul Thakur has been entrusted in place of the most-experienced new ball bowler in India’s World Cup squad to add an extra batting option. While his batting prowess is yet to be put under test at the marquee event, it’s the medium pacer’s returns w...
