While Mohammed Shami’s recovery has been slow, he finally returned to playing competitive cricket for Bengal last month.
Rohit Sharma has provided a crucial update on Mohammed Shami’s fitness, following India’s crushing defeat against Australia in the Adelaide Test. One of the journalists asked if the team management wants to hire Shami for the remaining Tests or just for the last two matches.
Rohit replied that the door was open for Shami, but his knees had become swollen while bowling in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Therefore, they do not want to put pressure on Shami and want to ensure that he is 100% fit.
“The door is definitely open (for Shami). We are simply monitoring him because while playing against Syed Mushtaq Ali, his knee again swelled, which obviously hampers his preparation to come and play a Test match. We want to be very careful, we don’t want to bring him here, he plays and stops in pain or something happens to him. We want to be more than 100% safe with it. “He hasn’t played for a long time and we don’t want to put pressure on him.”
Shami has not played in international cricket since the 2023 World Cup final in November, where India suffered a heartbreaking defeat. He had surgery on his right Achilles tendon earlier this year.
Mohammed Shami returned to competitive cricket for Bengal
While Mohammed Shami’s recovery has been slow, he finally returned to playing competitive cricket for Bengal last month. Firstly, he played in a Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, taking seven wickets.
Later, he took part in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy where he took 8 wickets at 26.37 runs each in seven outings. He played a crucial role in leading Bengal to the knockout stage, where they will face Chandigarh in the quarterfinals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on November 9.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) recently bought him for INR 10 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. At this point, it seems unlikely that Shami will travel to Australia anytime soon.
His absence was felt in the second Test, where third-string seamer Harshit Rana bowled poorly and conceded too many runs. India will keep track of his fitness and will look to catch him at some point in the series.
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