Apart from moving the ball both ways, Mohammed Shami also has two ingrained ingredients in him — “zid” to prove everyone wrong and “junoon” to prove himself again, and again. These have kept Shami going despite facing rejection from his home state Uttar Pradesh in his teens, a knee surgery that almost ended his career, a near-death experience in a road accident, suicidal thoughts during personal crisis, vitriolic trolling after losing to Pakistan, and several other roadblocks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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