Umran Malik to replace Mohammed Shami in India’s ODI squad

Umran Malik will replace senior fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who has been ruled out of the ODI series against Bangladesh, starting Sunday due to a hand injury, the BCCI said in a statement on Saturday..

“Fast bowler Mohammed Shami sustained a shoulder injury during a training session in the lead up to the ODI series against Bangladesh,” said BCCI in a press release.

“He is currently under the supervision of the BCCI Medical Team at the NCA, Bengaluru and will not be able to take part in the three-match series.”

Shami’s replacement Umran Malik has made his ODI debut in the recently-concluded ODI series against New Zealand. The 23-year-old bagged thee wickets in as many matches looked impressive with bowling northwards of 145 clicks

The extent of Shami’s injury is not known yet. The 33-year-old Bengal speedster is an integral part of India’s ODI scheme of things, going into the World Cup next year. Shami has taken 216 wickets in Test cricket from 60 matches.

Skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid would be worried if Shami misses the Test series because India need to win every game to stay in contention for the upcoming World Test Championship final at the Oval in June.

The Indian team is currently in Mirpur. They had their first training session on Friday which was attended by squad members.

This will be a near full-strength India’s first ODI series as they start preparing for next year’s World Cup at home. In the recently-concluded three-match ODI series in New Zealand, Shikhar Dhawan had led India in the absence of captain Rohit and vice-captain Rahul.

All eyes will be on India’s top-order, which had coped a lot of flak in the T20 World Cup in Australia.

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