{"id":13365,"date":"2023-11-16T08:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/man-dreamt-of-shami-taking-7-wickets-in-semi-final-posted-it-on-x-tweet-is-viral-now-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T08:06:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:06:47","slug":"man-dreamt-of-shami-taking-7-wickets-in-semi-final-posted-it-on-x-tweet-is-viral-now-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/man-dreamt-of-shami-taking-7-wickets-in-semi-final-posted-it-on-x-tweet-is-viral-now-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dreamt of Shami taking 7 wickets in semi-final, posted it on X; tweet is viral now &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>New Delhi: Team India overwhelmed the Kiwis in the first semi-final clash of ICC World Cup 2023 on back of stupendous centuries from Virat Kohli &amp; Shreyas Aiyar and clinical bowling display from Mohammed Shami.<br \/>Mohammed Shami, one of India\u2019s finest bowlers, single-handedly cut through the New Zealand batting line-up and picked 7 wickets alone, making him the highest-wicket taker in any World Cup match.<\/p>\n<p>Shami\u2019s outstanding bowling made for a riveting show at the Wankhede stadium and on OTT platforms but little did anyone know that a forecast of his 7-wicket haul was made by a \u2018X\u2019 (formerly called Twitter) user would come true.<br \/>A tweet by X user Don Mateo is going viral, where he claimed that he saw Shami picking 7 wickets in the semi-final clash against New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The user also posted this tweet on November 14, a day before Team India took on New Zealand in the high-octane game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaw a dream where Shami took 7 wickets in the semi final,\u201d Don Mateo tweeted from his X handle.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Shami\u2019s heroics dashed Kiwi\u2019s hopes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0fmmoqmN7jw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mohammad Shami Bowling Today Video | Mohammad Shami 7 Wickets Today Against NZ Video\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0fmmoqmN7jw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The tweet didn\u2019t create much buzz until it turned into reality, with Shami finishing the game with his 7-wicket haul.<br \/>Soon after India\u2019s dominant victory over New Zealand, the tweet caught the attention of cricket lovers and it went viral overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Shami has been breathing down the neck of rival teams in all matches and has so far claimed 5-wicket haul, at least 4 times in the tournament.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Tweet gets 1.7 million views<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A day after India\u2019s victory over New Zealand, the tweet has become a major talking point on social media. Till now, it has been viewed 1.7 million times and elicited hundreds of reactions from cricket fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Saw a dream where Shami took 7 wickets in the semi final \u2620\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Don Mateo (@DonMateo_X14) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonMateo_X14\/status\/1724332516218417462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many are also commenting and urging the X user to make a similar prediction for the World Cup final, scheduled on November 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease take a deep sleep and script the winning final for us,\u201d commented one user. \u201cBlud was there when they were writing the WC script,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>Overwhelmed over his own \u2018prediction\u2019, Mateo posted a follow-up tweet and said that he too was stunned over his \u2018dream turning real\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"uZifJXiiGLw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mohammed Shami give his MAN OF THE MATCH award To Kohli in IND vs NZ Semi Final Match\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZifJXiiGLw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The 33-old cricketer recorded his best-ever World Cup wicket haul by claiming 7 wickets. It is also the highest-wicket haul by any bowler in the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Shami took 7 wickets and gave away 57 runs in 9.5 overs. The pacer completed his 50 World Cup wickets and became only 7th bowler to attain this feat. He also surpassed Australian Mitchell Starc\u2019s record by achieving the milestone of over 50 wickets in 17 innings as the latter took 19 innings to achieve the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] New Delhi: Team India overwhelmed the Kiwis in the first semi-final clash of ICC World Cup 2023 on back of stupendous centuries from Virat Kohli &amp; Shreyas Aiyar and clinical bowling display from Mohammed Shami.Mohammed Shami, one of India\u2019s finest bowlers, single-handedly cut through the New Zealand batting line-up and picked 7 wickets alone, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13367,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13365\/revisions\/13367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}