# India’s Shami keeps white-ball focus after ending test career

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/indias-shami-keeps-white-ball-focus-after-ending-test-career/
- Published: 2026-11-07T05:22:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T06:21:42+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/indias-shami-keeps-white-ball-focus-after-ending-test-career-6532806
- Topics: Asia, World

## Key points

- Shami retires from Test cricket after 13 years.
- He will continue playing white-ball cricket.
- He took 229 wickets in 64 Tests.

## Summary

Mohammed Shami has retired from Test cricket after a 13-year career, but says he will continue playing white-ball cricket and remain available for domestic multi-day matches. The decision closes his Test career while leaving him open to playing in the IPL and for India in limited-overs cricket.

Shami, 36, took 229 wickets in 64 Tests after debuting against West Indies in 2013. His last Test was the 2023 World Test Championship final against Australia; he is also India’s leading wicket-taker in 50-over World Cups, with 55. He plays domestic cricket for Bengal and in the IPL for Lucknow Super Giants.

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