All cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the start of the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, the first match of which will be played from November 22 at the Perth Stadium. While Pat Cummins is taking over the captaincy of the Australian team in this series, Jasprit Bumrah will be seen in the role of captain in the first Test match for Team India. Rohit Sharma, whose second child was born on November 15, decided to spend some more time with his family and hence could not make the squad for the Test match. The Indian team has come with many new faces on this tour. At the same time, veteran fast bowler Mohammad Shami was also not selected in the squad as he was not fully fit. However, Shami proved his fitness by returning in the Ranji Trophy last week, after which speculations of his return started. Now Bumrah has also given a big update on the question asked about Shami in the press conference held a day before the Perth Test match.
If things go well, you may see him in Australia
Answering a question about Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah said that he is a very important part of Team India and he is also back on the field. I fully hope that the management is keeping a constant eye on Shamibhai’s fitness. If all goes well, you can see him playing on this tour as well. Let us tell you that Team India has to play the second Test match of this series from December 6, in which there will be a gap of about 10 days between the first and second Test. While Rohit Sharma may have joined the squad ahead of the Adelaide Test, it is expected that Shami may also be part of the squad ahead of the final four Tests of the series.
Shami took 7 wickets in Ranji Trophy
Mohammad Shami while playing for the Bengal team impressed everyone with his bowling in the last Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh in Indore where he took a total of 7 wickets in the match. Apart from this, he made an important contribution with the bat in the second innings as well and played an innings of 37 runs. Bengal team won this match by 11 runs. Shami is now part of the Bengal squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy starting on November 23.
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