India vs England: File photo of Mohammed Shami© AFP
Mohammed Shami has made a comeback into the Indian cricket team for the five-T20I series against England starting on January 22. The star pacer has been out of the national side since the ODI World Cup 2023. Since then, he had been nursing injuries and even underwent an ankle surgery. Recently, he was ruled out of the India vs Australia Test series after the BCCI concluded that a swelling in his knee required some more inspection.
Shami had been playing for Bengal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the last couple of months.
However, there were a few surprises too. Rishabh Pant has not been picked for the T20I series. Dhruv Jurel and Sanju Samson are the two wicketleepers. The BCCI did not provide a reason on why Oant was ignored.
India’s squad for T20I series against England: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vc), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wk).
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