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Mohammed Shami replaces Jasprit Bumrah in India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Squad

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Mohammed Shami replaces Jasprit Bumrah in India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Squad
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New Delhi, October 14: Mohammed Shami has replaced Jasprit Bumrah in India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Squad. The name was announced by  All-India Senior Selection Committee on Friday.
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Mohammed Shami has reached Australia and will link up with India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Squad in Brisbane ahead of the warm-up matches. Shami has not played T20I cricket since last year's edition of the ICC T20 World Cup in November 2021. After recovering from Covid-19, he has been training at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. This bout of the virus had kept him out of white-ball series against Australia and South Africa at home. Also Read | Punjab has no water, SYL can't be constructed; Haryana shall seek PM's help: Bhagwant Mann He last featured in a competitive cricket match during India's tour of England back in July. Jasprit Bumrah suffering a stress reaction during the T20I leg of the series against South Africa was a massive blow to Team India ahead of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022.
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Mohammed Shami Mohammed Shami Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been named backups and will travel to Australia shortly. At the ICC competition, India is in Group 2 with Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and two qualifiers. Following their October 23 encounter against Pakistan at the MCG, they will play on October 27, against a qualifier in Sydney, on October 30, against South Africa in Perth, on November 2, against Bangladesh in Adelaide, and on November 6. (vs qualifier in Melbourne). India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami. Also Read | Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's security upgraded to 'Z+' category on all India basis -PTC News with ANI inputs
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