The BCCI on Friday named seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami as injured Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement in the Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia.
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Mohammed Shami as Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement in India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad. Shami has reached Australia and will link up with the squad in Brisbane ahead of the warm-up matches,’ BCCI secretary Jay Shah was quoted in a press release.
Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been named as backups and will travel to Australia shortly, the release added.
The tournament will be held from October 16 to November 13.
Due to a back issue, Bumrah was initially ruled out of the recent three-match T20I series against South Africa.
Bumrah suffered a back injury earlier this month, ruling him out of the Asia Cup. He returned for India’s three-match T20I series against Australia, which India won 2-1.
The fast bowler was later ruled out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad by the BCCI Medical team, following a thorough evaluation and consultation with specialists.
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.
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