After the second day of play in the opening match of the TNCA President’s XI in the ongoing Buchi Babu Memorial All India invitational cricket tournament at the Salem Cricket Foundation (SCF) ground here, the young player stated, “My intention is that I should go after the balls in my slot.”
The renowned shot of Mohamed Ali
Mohamed Ali, an all-rounder for Tamil Nadu, came under fire when he was dismissed in his first five innings at the Ranji Trophy in Coimbatore this year. He skipped down the field to play a shot with Railways’ left-arm spinner Akash Pandey, but the ball went through his pad and up to short leg after taking the inside edge.
Mohamed Ali, an all-rounder for Tamil Nadu, came under fire when he was dismissed in his first five innings at the Ranji Trophy in Coimbatore this year. He skipped down the field to play a shot with Railways’ left-arm spinner Akash Pandey, but the ball went through his pad and up to short leg after taking the inside edge.
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The similar down-the-track move to the spinners was the high point of his 182 (267b, 20×4, 4×6) against Railways on Thursday, August 22. This time, the 19-year-old’s plan was successful.
“I got a lot of flak for that (being fired from my Ranji debut). Many people advised me not to have taken the shot at that particular moment. However, I repeated that a lot today, and it worked. That day, it just didn’t click”. After the second day of play in the opening match of the TNCA President’s XI in the ongoing Buchi Babu Memorial All India invitational cricket tournament at the Salem Cricket Foundation (SCF) ground here, the young player stated, “My intention is that I should go after the balls in my slot.”
Ali has shined in many matches
Despite his daring demeanor, he prefers not to act aggressively in any circumstance. We really need to score as many runs as we can at this kind of wicket. I enjoy playing with the field. The fielders will be forced back when I play shots like that, making singles easier to take.
In the quarterfinal of the Cooch Behar Trophy u-19 cricket tournament in Coimbatore last December, Ali showed off his match awareness with a 497-ball 233 against Maharashtra, for which he spent more than 12 hours (723 minutes) on the ground. The right-hander played out 350 dot balls in preparation for this knock.
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In response to Maharashtra’s 489, Tamil Nadu reached 475 for four, resulting in a tie. “I understood that we didn’t even need to take the lead; we just needed to play it out to advance,” he remarked. After receiving attention for that innings, he was shortly called up to the Ranji team. As an off-spinner, he learned a lot by playing with left-arm spinners Sai Kishore and Ajith Ram in Tamil Nadu’s spin attack.
When asked what lesson he learned most from this innings (182), he replied, “I feel better out there in the middle when I put the team forward and am not self-conscious.”
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