On the day of the IPL 2024 schedule announcement, a report from information company PTI claimed that final season’s runner-up Gujarat Titans will miss the providers of star quick bowler Mohammed Shami. The greatest bowler of the ODI World Cup 2023 with 24 scalps has been lacking from motion for the reason that marquee occasion as a result of damage. He missed India’s Tour of South Africa and the Test sequence towards England at residence, and the PTI report mentioned that Mohammed Shami performed by way of ache throughout the World Cup as he had issues together with his touchdown however did not let it have an effect on his efficiency.

“Shami was in London in last week of January to take special ankle injections and he was told that after three weeks, he can start light running and take it from thereon. But the injection hasn’t worked and now the only option left is surgery. He will shortly leave for UK for surgery. IPL seems out of question,” a senior BCCI supply informed information company PTI on the situation of anonymity.

Shami, who was lately conferred with the Arjuna Award, has 229 Test, 195 ODI and 24 T20 wickets in his decade-long profession.

The growth raises a query mark concerning the damage rehabilitation administration programme deliberate by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for Shami.

Now it’s extremely unlikely that the tempo bowling artist would be capable of make a comeback earlier than India’s Test matches at residence towards Bangladesh and New Zealand (October November).

His goal could possibly be the marquee away sequence towards Australia.

People within the know of issues consider that the NCA’s conservative line of considering has not labored in Shami’s case.

“Shami should have gone directly for surgery and that should have been NCA’s call. Just two months of rest and injections wouldn’t have worked well and that’s what has happened. He is an asset and the Indian team would need him in Australia,” the supply mentioned.

With PTI inputs