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Mohammed Shami ruled out of the India-Australia series | India fast bowler Shami out of the rest of Test series due to fractured arm

Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the remainder of the India-Australia series after he got injured in India’s nightmare Adelaide Test. The way India lost the first Test match was already a matter of deep introspection for the team and managemen,t and now with Shami and Virat Kohli’s, the task of fighting back remains tougher.

The BCCI has not announced Shami’s replacement in the squad as the team management has to choose between Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, and Shardul Thakur.

His injury happened towards to end of the second innings which India started with a 53-run lead, and eventually sat at 31-9 at one point. Shami who was batting at No.11 got hit by Pat Cummins’s short ball was seen in pain but he continued to bat even after being taped. But eventually, he couldn’t bat further and India had to end their innings on 36.

At the post-match presentation, team captain Kohli said that Shami was in pain and could not even raise his bowling hand. His absence in the team left only two fast bowlers for Australia’s second innings, Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah.

“I think we should have shown a little more intent today. They bowled similar kinds of areas in the first inning as well but probably our mindset was to score runs. To be honest there were some good balls but the ball didn’t do anything drastic. I think it was the mindset, it was very evident. It felt like the runs were so difficult to come by and the bowlers got confident. I think it was a combination of lack of intent and the bowlers hitting their areas”, said Virat in the presentation.

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