• Mohammad Shami tests Covid positive, to miss T20 series against Australia; Umesh Yadav to replace him

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    Mohammad Shami tests Covid positive, to miss T20 series against Australia; Umesh Yadav to replace him

    A BCCI official said Umesh Yadav has been instructed to join the team. Yadav is now undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore after suffering a quad muscle injury while playing for Middlesex in the English county season. color:#252525">

    color:#252525">Digital Desk: After receiving harsh criticism for his 10-month absence
    from the T20 squad, Mohammad Shami was selected as a standby for the World T20
    squad. Unfortunately, Shami tested positive for COVID and will not play in the
    three T20 matches against Australia. Umesh Yadav has been called in as a
    replacement, despite the fact that he last featured in a T20I in February 2019
    against Australia.



    color:#252525">"Shami's test results are good. A BCCI official said Umesh
    Yadav has been instructed to join the team. Yadav is now undergoing
    rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore after suffering a
    quad muscle injury while playing for Middlesex in the English county season.



    color:#252525">As of now, it's unclear whether the symptoms are minor or
    dangerous. When Shami is deemed match-fit, the medical staff will decide
    whether or not to allow him to play in the three T20 games against South
    Africa. The Indian squad will play its first Twenty20 match against Australia
    on September 20 in Mohali, and then on September 23 and 25 in Nagpur and
    Hyderabad, respectively, it will play its second and third Twenty20 matches.



    color:#252525">During India's disastrous run in the Asia Cup, one of the more
    well-known supporters of Shami was the former India coach, Ravi Shastri.



    color:#252525">"I find it strange that Mohammed Shami is sitting at home.
    Shastri then stated on Star Sports that he was not making the cut after the
    IPL. Shami last participated in an India T20 match in November.



    color:#252525">Shami had taken 20 wickets from 16 games for the Gujarat Lions,
    who eventually won the IPL in 2022, averaging 24.40 and having an economy rate
    of 8.



    color:#252525">With 11 wickets at an economy rate of 6.62, Shami had the most
    powerplay dismissals of any bowler in the 2022 IPL.



    color:#252525">Middlesex Cricket announced in a statement on Saturday that
    Yadav won't be coming back to London to play in the club's county matches.



    color:#252525">Middlesex was hopeful that the Indian international would be
    returning to the club to play a part in the effort for promotion to the top
    flight of the Championship structure with two red-ball games remaining in the
    season, away to Leicestershire next week and away to Worcestershire the
    following week, the club said in a statement.



    color:#252525"> "The right-arm quick travelled back to India after
    incurring the injury for a medical evaluation with the BCCI's medical team,
    where he started treatment and rehabilitation on the injury while beginning a
    back-to-bowling programme."



     



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