NEW DELHI, Nov. 7 -- Badruddin Siddiqui has always believed that moving to Kolkata was pre-destined as far as his favourite student Mohammed Shami is concerned.
Born in UP's small town of Sahaspur in Amroha, it was Uttar Pradesh cricket's loss that became Bengal's gain when the childhood coach decided to make a few phone calls in Kolkata after his ward was ignored for U-19 state team selection.
Creating artwork with his malleable wrists, and making the SG, Dukes and Kookaburra red ball talk with perfect seam presentation, the pronounced back-spin became his calling card.
"I thought they would pick him for Tests. He did everything that was asked of him. Yesterday, when he called up, I didn't expect he would tell me that "Sir main Test cho...