Has Mohammed Shami been lying about his age? Shocking revelations from his driving license point to possible age fraud

New Delhi: Mohammed Shami, the renowned Indian cricketer known for his exceptional bowling skills, has garnered more than 400 wickets in international cricket. Despite recently making a successful comeback from injury, Shami is now caught in a controversial situation surrounding rumors of age fraud. His impressive performance as the highest wicket-taker in the 2023 ODI World Cup has been overshadowed by the negative attention he is receiving due to these allegations. Unfortunately, Shami has become the target of online trolls as a result of this defamation.

Mohammed Shami has suffered a lot in the last few years. His wife Hasin Jahan also made serious allegations against him like domestic violence and match-fixing. The good thing is that BCCI gave a clean chit to Shami in the fixing case a long time ago. Now a picture of a driver’s license is going viral, in which Shami’s age is stated to be 42 years.

Just found Mohammad Shami license online and it shows that he is 42 years old.@BCCI kindly investigate on this. pic.twitter.com/Cy06RjAcOG

— Mohan Krishna (@ViratKohli18630) November 15, 2024

The truth about driving license:

A person has shared Mohammad Shami’s driving license on social media. Seeing this, it is known that Shami is 42 years old while he claims himself to be 34 years old. After finding the difference of 8 years in age, people are trolling Shami. Another thing to note is that the post from X, which was violating the policy, has been deleted. But other people took no time to take the picture and share it again on social media. So far nothing has been revealed whether this driving license picture is real or edited. This picture is raising questions not only on Shami but also on BCCI.

In India, hiding one’s age and committing fraud is considered a serious crime. If a cricketer hides his age, he may have to face a fine and sometimes even jail. Talking about Indian cricket, age fraud usually happens during the Under-19 days when players usually declare their age one or two years less to get selected in the team.