Indian national cricket team’s right-arm pacer Mohammed Shami, 34, suffered a fresh injury during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 clash between Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.

Mohammed Shami faced some back problems while bowling on Friday, November 29, at Ground C of the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Saurashtra.

Also Read: Watch: India’s new ODI jersey unveiled by Jay Shah and Harmanpreet Kaur in Mumbai

Mohammed Shami faces new injury

Mohammed Shami returned to T20 cricket in the current Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season. In his first match against Punjab, he was taken to the cleaners and finished with bowling figures of 1/46 in Rajkot.

He made an excellent comeback in the second match against Hyderabad when he made a sensational run of 3/21 in Rajkot. Then the match against Mizoram in Saurashtra turned out to be terrible for the veteran pacer as he conceded 46 runs and went wicketless.

Meanwhile, his last appearance was in today’s match against Madhya Pradesh where he finished with bowling figures of 0/38.

However, there was a bit of panic in the Bengal camp when Shami suffered an injury during the match, according to a Sportstar report.

While bowling the penultimate over of the match when the opposing team required 22 runs, Mohammed Shami faced some problems with his back and was seen lying on the ground holding his lower back.

He then received some treatment and the pacer got up to complete the over without further problems, conceding a total of nine runs.

Madhya Pradesh beat Bengal to continue their unbeaten streak in the competition

Talking about the match, Rajat Patidar-led Madhya Pradesh recorded a 6-wicket win in the exciting match to set a foot in the knockout stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Batting first, Bengal posted a good total of 189/9 on the board in their 20 overs. Abishek Porel and Karan Lal gave the team a really good start as they scored 25 and 44 runs respectively.

After that, Shahbaz Ahmed (37), Shakir Habib Gandhi (31) and Sudip Kumar Gharami (29) chipped in with crucial contributions that took the team to a good total.

Chasing the target, the first teams from Madhya Pradesh could not register big scores. However, Rajat Patidar scored a 40-ball 68 and Subhransu Senapti scored a brilliant 33-ball 50 that helped Madhya Pradesh stay in the game.

In the end, Madhya Pradesh needed 12 runs off the last 6 balls, and Harpreet Singh Bhatia demolished Kanishk Seth to take his team to a 6-wicket win with two balls remaining.

Mohammed Shami’s BGT selection in doubt

Mohammed Shami returned to competitive cricket in a Ranji Trophy match after being out of action for almost a year. He looked good on his return and showed his form by playing the entire match without problems.

After his first Ranji Trophy match, there were reports that he was sent to Australia for the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy before the second Test in Adelaide.

However, as per the latest TOI report, there are no plans to send the right-arm speedster to Australia as the BCCI is satisfied with the performance of the fast bowlers currently present in the team.

“There has been no talk about trying to send Shami to Australia, at least for now,” a BCCI source told TOI.