Senior Indian quick bowler Mohammed Shami will miss the upcoming ODI series against Bangladesh as the pacer has been ruled out as a consequence of a shoulder damage, confirmed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday.
“Fast bowler Mohd. Shami sustained a shoulder injury during a training session in the lead up to the ODI series against Bangladesh. He is currently under the supervision of the BCCI Medical Team at the NCA, Bengaluru and will not be able to take part in the three-match series,” learn a BCCI launch.
BCCI additionally named younger quick bowler Umran Malik as a substitute for Shami in the ODI squad. Notably, Malik, who impressed on a New Zealand tour just lately, was not in India’s unique squad.
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Umran Malik as Shami’s replacement,” the launch added.
If Shami stays unfit for lengthy, then skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid can be actually apprehensive, as, after the ODI leg, either side will lock horns in the Test series, and India must do effectively to remain in competition for the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) ultimate at the Oval in June.
India have some choices to interchange Shami in the red-ball fixtures in the kind of Navdeep Saini and Mukesh Kumar. In the first 4-day sport against Bangladesh A, Saini picked up 4 wickets, and Mukesh took three scalps. While Saini has performed two Tests for Team India, Mukesh continues to be uncapped internationally.
Team India’s squad for Bangladesh ODIs (Updated):
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik