Shami first pacer since 1996 to take 5-wicket haul in 4th innings of Test match in India

India bowler Mohammad Shami on Sunday became the first pacer since 1996 to take a five-wicket haul in fourth innings of a Test match in India.He achieved the feat on the final day of the first Test match between India and South Africa.Shami finished with bowling figures of 5/35. This is the first time since Proteas' Lance Klusener in 1996 that a pacer has taken five wickets in the fourth innings of a Test in India.Shami's figures are the sixth-best by any pacer in the fourth innings of a Test in India.Lance Kluserner (8/64 in 1996), Javagal Srinath (6/21 in 1996), West Indies' Vanburn Holder (6/39 in 1974), Madan Lal (1981) and Karsan Ghavri (1977) are the only other pacers in history with better fourth innings bowling spells in India.From his five wickets, Shami got four bowled dismissals. This is the second time in Tests that an Indian pacer has recorded the feat.Jasprit Bumrah became the first bowler to record four bowled dismissals in the recently concluded series against West ...