New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Former India chief selector and fast bowler Chetan Sharma called Mohammad Shami a "great cricketer" and said that Team India will "miss his upright seam position. Shami on Friday announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing an end to his 13-year journey in the longest format of the game on the very same day he made his Test debut - November 6, 2013.

"Mohammed Shami is a great cricketer; there is no doubt about that. Every great player knows when the right time has come, and it is his decision, which we should respect. However, we will certainly miss his upright seam position and the way he gets the ball to travel with such movement," Chetan Sharma told ANI.

Sharma acknowledged that Shami's decision to step ...