Due to new injury, Mohammed Shami's chances of playing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 are over? here are the details

Mohammed Shami was suffering from an ankle injury due to which he was out of the field since November last year. Despite showing positive signs of improvement, Shami has not been included in Bengal's squad for the next two Ranji Trophy matches, where they will face Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Last month, Shami had mentioned at an event that he has started bowling with full intensity and the recovery process is yielding good results. However, his absence from the team indicates that he is still not ready for competitive cricket. While an ankle injury had troubled Shami for the last one year, the fast bowler has now suffered a fresh injury, which has furthered his path towards a comeback.

A report in Times of India states that Shami has now suffered a side strain, which has ruled him out of Bengal's next two Ranji Trophy matches. This means that Shami's chances of being included in the Indian team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting from November 22, are almost over. His name was not in the team announced for the Australia tour, but there were hopes that with his good performance in domestic cricket, he could fly with the team.

Earlier, Shami had suffered an ankle injury, due to which he had to stay away from the field since November. He was the leading wicket-taker of the tournament, taking 24 wickets in just seven matches at an average of 10.70 and an economy rate of 5.70, with best figures of 7/57. He took three five-wicket hauls in the tournament and endured all the pain and fatigue.

Bengal team: Anustup Majumdar (captain), Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Sudeep Chatterjee, Sudeep Gharami, Shahbaz Ahmed, Hrithik Chatterjee, Evelyn Ghosh, Shuvam Dey, Shakir Habib Gandhi, Pradipta Pramanik, Aamir Ghani, Ishan Porel, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mohammad Kaif, Rohit Kumar, Rishav Vivek.

India's squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan. , Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.

(With ANI inputs)