Mohammed Shami ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh

The team's star bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh starting Sunday due to a shoulder injury. Umran Malik has been included in the team in his place.

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After being defeated 1-0 against New Zealand, the Indian team has reached Bangladesh for a three-match ODI series. The first ODI match between the two will begin on 4 December 2022. Even before the first match of this series, the Indian team has suffered a big setback.

However, Shami is not fit for this due to injury. He injured his shoulder during a practice session after returning from the T20 World Cup in Australia last month. While Umran Malik has been included in the team after Shami's exclusion. Umran recently made his ODI debut on the tour of New Zealand. He has three wickets in three ODIs. After the ODI, Team India also has to play a two-Test series against Bangladesh. Shami was also a part of the Test team. Whether he will be able to play the Test after this injury or not is not clear at the moment.

The BCCI has said in a statement on Saturday morning, "Mohammed Shami has suffered a hand injury that he sustained after resuming training post-T20 World Cup in Australia. He has been asked to report at the NCA and has not travelled with the team on December 1."

Team India's problems have been increasing day by day. Earlier, India's premier fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is already out of the series due to injury. He was also not a part of the team in the T20 World Cup. Here, all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja is also out of the ODI series due to injury.

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At the same time, Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini may get a chance if Mohammed Shami is out of the Test series. They are still in Bangladesh. They are members of Team India A which toured Bangladesh. Both have done exceptionally well in the four-day matches against the Bangladesh A team. Mukesh has taken three wickets. Whereas Navdeep Saini has taken four wickets. Mukesh is an uncapped player and Saini has played two Tests for India. At the same time, he was part of the Indian team that went on Australia tour in 2020-21.

Team India for the ODI series against Bangladesh:

Rohit Sharma (captain), Lokesh Rahul (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, Mohammad Siraj, Deepak Chahar and Kuldeep Sen.