Even although the BCCI has not launched a direct alternative for Jasprit Bumrah within the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup, Mohammed Shami is anticipated to be the strongest among the many contenders to switch the 28-year-old on the planet event.
Shami has left for Australia with Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur. The 32-year-old posted a carousel of images in flight on her technique to Australia on her Instagram.
According to a BCCI official, the group administration, particularly captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid, will assess these gamers after which take a last name earlier than the event.
“The group administration needed to see all of the gamers earlier than taking the decision. Shami was already on standby and after Deepak Chahar obtained injured, we wanted to ship in additional names as standby replacements. So we requested the group administration they usually felt that allow all of the gamers fly to Australia and they’ll assess the gamers and take a call.
Shami has not performed a T20I since final 12 months’s World Cup, the place he was India’s new bowler. He has performed solely 17 T20Is since making his debut within the format in opposition to Pakistan in 2014, however has a good ODI report in Australia with 22 wickets at a mean of 26.63.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
