Veteran India pacer Mohammad Shami has failed to make a mark in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), he has rarely completed his full quota of four overs.

In nine outings so far, Shami has returned with just six wickets, conceding runs at an economy rate of 11.23. He has leaked runs in the powerplay and the death, and his dismal show has contributed to SRH’s debacle.

Earlier this season, Shami also conceded 75 runs in his quota of four overs as Punjab Kings (PBKS) batters took him to the cleaners.

No wonder, Shami is drawing flak for his performances. Recently, cricket experts such as Aakash Chopra and Danny Morrison criticized the right-arm quick, with the former also raising question over his place in the Indian team for the upcoming England tour.

"You've had a big surgery like that, I think psychologically for a start it gets you dow. And then you've got to come back and pace yourself," Morrison said on ESPNcricinfo's Time Out.

"I just wonder: he is no 29-year-old anymore, is he? So there are all of those things that are stacked against you," he added.

On the other hand, Chopra highlighted that it’s been a few months since Shami returned to competitive action after recovering from injury but the senior pacer still seems to be struggling.

"That's a big question there, no, because it's not like he came back from an injury last week or last month. He started playing domestic cricket last year and this is May already," Chopra said.

"He's played an ICC event in between. He's played a lot of games. If he's still off the boil, and that has something to do with the injury and we're all assuming that it is, then there is a serious question mark with regards to what happens next," he stated.

Shami made his return to competitive cricket in the Ranji Trophy late last year for Bengal. He also featured in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy before being named in India's T20I squad for the home series against England. He was then picked in the Champions Trophy squad.

"The other is the tour of England. All of us were harping about the fact that at the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Jasprit Bumrah was alone, there was no Shami, and if there was Shami how things would have been different. But will there be Shami in England is the question. And what kind of Shami," Chopra remarked.