Dubai, Feb. 20 -- Following his match-winning five wicket haul against Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy opener, Indian pacer Mohammed Shami opened up on his comeback to international set-up after more than an year.

After some white-ball games against England, Shami was visible during the CT campaign opener as he picked figures of 5/53 and completed 200 ODI scalps. This comeback came after a toil in domestic cricket across all formats for Bengal in the Ranji, Syed Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare Trophy tournaments.

During the post-match press conference, Shami said, "It was very difficult when you make a comeback you start everything afresh. It was a break of 14 months and I was lucky to have domestic matches under my belt to get back...