Mohammed Shami returns to Team India after a year: Bumrah-Siraj rested from T20 series against England, first match on January 22
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Mohammed Shami is returning to Team India after 19 November 2023. He was injured. He underwent surgery in London in January-2024.
The Indian team has been announced for the T-20 series against England. BCCI selectors on Saturday released the team for the 5 T20 match series.
According to Indian Express, fast bowler Mohammed Shami has returned to the Indian team after almost a year. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj have been given rest. Young openers Yashasvi Jaiswal, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel and Nitish Kumar Reddy have returned. Harshit Rana has got a chance in T-20.
The first match of the T-20 series will be played on 22 January. After that the 3 ODI series will start from 6th February.
Main points of team selection…
- Mohammed Shami is making a comeback after 14 months. He played his last match for India on 19 November 2023.
- Abhishek Sharma was dropped, Yashasvi Jaiswal got a chance in his place.
- Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Avesh Khan did not get a place. Dhruv Jurel and Harshit Rana got places.
- Four all-rounders were included in the form of Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar.
Shami performed strongly in domestic cricket Shami returned after injury from Bengal’s match against Madhya Pradesh in Round-1 of Ranji Trophy. He had impressive performances in Syed Mushtaq Ali (T20) and Vijay Hazare Trophy (ODI), which has increased the hopes of his return to the Indian team.
Had ankle surgery done in January last year Shami had undergone ankle surgery in England in January-2024. For the last several months, Shami was in the rehab camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
Shami shared this photo after successful ankle surgery in January 2023.
India’s T20 team-
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Nitish Reddy, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Dhruv Jurel, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty and Washington Sundar.
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