Former Australian skipper Tim Paine predicts Mohammed Shami’s absence to be detrimental for India in Border Gavaskar Trophy

New Delhi: Mohammed Shami, who had turned out to be a genuine pace option for India last year has been ruled out of the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25. Shami’s miss is going to be a detrimental blow for Team India who are already battling a series loss at the hands of New Zealand. Mohammed Shami’s loss has been reiterated by former Australian skipper, Tim Paine as well who feels that Shami’s absence will be the X-factor between India’s win/loss against the Aussies.

Speaking on The Grade Cricketer podcast, Paine revealed that:

Shami is going to be a huge difference, Bumrah, there is so much on his shoulders. If he gets hurt, then it’s curtains for me…

The right-arm pacer last played for Team India in the ODI World Cup 2023 following which he has been out of the national side due to recurring injuries starting from his ankle. Shami also missed the ICC T20 World Cup and the entire IPL season. Now, the right-arm pacer will be missing the Border Gavaskar Trophy as well.

India Squad for Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024:

BCCI announced the squad for the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy with Rohit Sharma as the captain while Jasprit Bumrah will serve as the second-in-command.

Full Squad:

Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar

Travelling Reserves:

Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed

Where to watch the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024 on OTT in India?