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File photo of Indian cricket team and Gujarat Titans star Mohammed Shami.©AFP
On the day of the IPL 2024 schedule announcement, a report by news agency PTI claimed that last season’s runners-up Gujarat Titans will miss out on the services of star fast bowler Mohammed Shami. The ODI World Cup 2023 top bowler with 24 scalps has been absent from action since the main event due to injury. He missed India’s tour of South Africa and the Test series against England at home, and the PTI report said that Mohammed Shami played in pain during the World Cup because he struggled with his landing, but he did not let that affect him. your performance.
“Shami was in London in the last week of January to receive special injections in his ankle and was told that after three weeks he could start running lightly and continue from there. But the injection has not worked and now the only option left “It’s surgery. “He will be leaving for the UK shortly to undergo surgery. The IPL seems out of the question,” a senior BCCI source told news agency PTI on condition of anonymity.
Shami, who was recently awarded the Arjuna Award, has 229 Tests, 195 ODIs and 24 T20 wickets in his decade-long career.
The development raises questions about the injury rehabilitation management program planned by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for Shami.
It is now highly unlikely that the bowling artist will be able to return before India’s home Test matches against Bangladesh and New Zealand (October-November).
Their goal could be the big away series against Australia.
People in the know believe that the NCA’s conservative line of thinking has not worked in Shami’s case.
“Shami should have gone straight for surgery and that should have been the NCA’s decision. Just two months of rest and injections would not have worked well and that is what happened. He is an asset and the Indian team would need him in Australia.” . the source said.
With PTI inputs
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