Mohammed Shami takes a dig at Sanjay Manjrekar after his IPL prediction

Star India pacer Mohammed Shami wasn't pleased seeing Sanjay Manjrekar sharing his views on Shami's potential bid in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. Shami, who remains one of the most important pacers in the Indian spectrum, slammed Manjrekar after the latter predicted a drop in the pacer's price tag at the upcoming IPL auction as well.

While Manjrekar has no doubts that there would be a lot of teams who will be after Shami in the auction, he doesn't feel the pacer would bag more than INR 6.25 crore as well, as he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2022 auction.

Shami could fetch a good bit in the IPL 2025 auction

"There will definitely be interest from teams, but given Shami's injury history — and this recent one took a significant amount of time to recover — there's always a concern about a potential breakdown during the season," Sanjay Manjrekar said on Star Sports. "If a franchise invests heavily and then loses him mid-season, their options become limited. This concern might lead to a drop in his price tag."

Meanwhile, Shami didn't take it well and shared a post mocking Manjrekar.

"Baba Ki Jay Hooooo. Thoda sa gyan apne futue ke liye bhi bacha lo kaam ayeaga Sanjy G. Kisi ko futue janna ho to sir se mile (Save a little wisdom for your own future. If anyone wants to know their future, do contact 'baba ji')," Shami wrote in an Instagram story.

Mohammad Shami's Instagram story. pic.twitter.com/PIruQ4oRcS

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 21, 2024

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However, Shami returned to competitive cricket after a long injury layoff. After the 2023 ODI World Cup, where Shami was the highest wicket-taker, he has been missing from the action due to several injury issues. He finally returned with a Ranji Trophy game recently for Bengal. BCCI selectors were reportedly happy to see him fit as well. However, Shami is not yet being sent to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Notably, Shami has registered for a base price of Rs 2 crore for the IPL 2025 auction. And, he was picked by Gujarat Titans in 2022 for Rs 6.25 crore as well.

Mohammed Shami could return during the second half of the BGT series

Earlier, a report in news agency PTI stated that Mohammed Shami could return to International cricket during the second half of the series.

“Bengal team for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be selected tomorrow. If Shami is not going for Border Gavaskar Trophy, I believe he will be available for Bengal,” head coach Laxmi Ratan Shukla told PTI.

However, it is understood that the selection committee doesn't want to hurry with Shami after just one Ranji Trophy match as well. Meanwhile, Shami, who appeared in a competitive match after a year, was impressive in his bowling for Bengal against Madhya Pradesh at Indore, returning with a seven-wicket match haul in Bengal's first victory of the season as well.