“…Will continue working hard…”: Mohammed Shami apologises to the fans for the Australia tour miss

New Delhi: Indian pacer Mohammad Shami who has been battling with injuries recently took to his Instagram and apologised to the fans after the former was sidelined from the upcoming Australia tour due to recurrent injury concerns. The right-arm pacer last featured in the national jersey during the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. However, since then the pacer has been suffering recurrent injury problems.

Shami recently posted a video with the following caption on his Instagram with the following caption:

Putting in my efforts and getting better with my bowling fitness day-by-day. Will continue working hard towards getting ready for the match and to play domestic red ball cricket. Sorry to all cricket fans and bcci too, but very soon I’m ready to play red ball cricket , love you all

 

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The pacer underwent surgery and completed rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) before his return was derailed by swelling in his knees. While Shami recently said he has no pain in his knees anymore, the selectors decided not to include him in the much-anticipated series.

Shami’s miss is detrimental to India’s hopes of winning the BGT 24/25. Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has also acknowledged the fact that Shami’s miss will have a huge impact on the pace bowling attack of India throughout the Australian series. However, McDonald was quick to add that his boys will not take any Indian pace attack lightly.

India Squad for Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024:

BCCI announced the squad for the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy. Rohit Sharma will captain the team, while Jasprit Bumrah will be 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

Fresh set of injuries for Mohammed Shami!

After developing an ankle injury, reports are coming that Shami has caught up with a new set of injuries. Shami has now developed a side strain that has ruled him out of Bengal’s next two Ranji Trophy matches, stated Times of India in a report. This means that Shami’s chances of being included in the India squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting November 22, have all but ended. He was not named in the team announced for the Australia tour, but there were hopes that a good show in domestic cricket might see him take the flight with the team.