New Delhi: The third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is going to start from December 14. This match is to be played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane. While Team India is preparing for this Test and is eager to take the lead in the series again, bad news is also coming for them. Star fast bowler Mohammed Shami’s hopes of participating in this Test series now seem to be almost over. A report has revealed that Shami is not fully fit and he himself is not ready to go to Australia for the Test series in such a situation.
Mohammed Shami is not ready to go himself:
A PTI report states that Shami is still not fully fit. Shami was out for the last one year due to an ankle injury during the World Cup last year. After undergoing surgery for this, Shami underwent a long rehabilitation and has again had to deal with swelling in the knee. Although he made a comeback in the Ranji Trophy and then the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last month and has been playing continuously since then, but his fitness is still in question.
In the report, citing sources, it has been told that Shami’s knee swelling is coming and going again and again. Now in such a situation, he has obviously not been able to get a fitness certificate from the National Cricket Academy. In the report, the BCCI source has also claimed that Shami himself is not confident about his fitness and he is admitting that at present he will not be able to bear the burden of bowling continuously in Test cricket. In such a situation, Shami wants to spend more time in domestic cricket.
Now he will play in this tournament:
In such a situation, the chances of Shami going to Australia are almost over. After the Brisbane Test, only 2 matches will remain in the series and there is no possibility of Shami being fit for them either. 34-year-old veteran fast bowler Shami will now be seen playing for Bengal in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The Bengal Cricket Association has included him in the squad for the tournament. In the last one month, Shami has played 9 consecutive matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament after one match of the Ranji Trophy. During this, his performance was better but he was badly beaten against Baroda in the quarter-finals and the team was out of the tournament.
