London: In what would come as a good news for Indian cricket fans, ace pacer Mohammed Shami on Monday underwent successful surgery on his heel to repair his Achilles tendon. In a post that he shared to provide an update about his surgery, he also mentioned that regaining full fitness would still take time.
“Just had a successful heel operation on my Achilles tendon. Recovery is going to take some time but looking forward to getting back on my feet,” Shami said in his post on X, formerly Twitter.
There were whispers that Shami would be featuring in the Test series versus England, but that did not happen. He is also set to miss the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.
Shami, who recently became an Arjuna awardee, was one of the top performers in the ODI World Cup in 2023. Shami finished the 2023 World Cup as the leading wicket-taker with 24, one more than Australia’s Adam Zampa.
The Bengal pacer has 229 Test, 195 ODI and 24 T20 wickets in his decade-long career.
The development raises a question mark about the injury rehabilitation management programme planned by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for Shami.
Now it is highly unlikely that the pace bowling artist would be able to make a comeback before India’s Test matches at home against Bangladesh and New Zealand (October November).
The Bengal pacer would now target his return in the marquee away series against Australia.
(With inputs from Agencies)
