According to a report, Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja are reportedly racing against time to be fit for Bangladesh’s two-match Test series, which begins on December 14 in Chattogram.
Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja are racing against time to be ready for the Bangladesh Test series, which starts on December 14 in Chattogram and lasts two games. Both players missed the most recent ODI series due to injuries.
Saurabh Kumar and Navdeep Saini of Uttar Pradesh would most likely take their places in India in their absence. India A is currently touring Bangladesh with Saurabh and Saini. Shami has a shoulder issue, and Jadeja is still recovering from the knee surgery he had in September of this year.
After returning from Australia, where India lost in the T20 World Cup semi-finals last month, Shami suffered the injury during a training session.
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Uttar Pradesh’s Saurabh, a left-arm spinner, might make his debut in place of Jadeja. In the ongoing unofficial Test series against Bangladesh A, he has taken ten wickets at an average of 15.30, and he has been a consistent performer in the Ranji Trophy.
With a 39-ball 55 on Thursday against the Bangladesh-A team at Sylhet, Saurabh demonstrated that he can also contribute with the bat lower down the order.
Saini will join Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, and Mohammed Siraj as seam-bowling options for India in the series if he is promoted. After injuring his thumb in the second ODI in Mirpur on Wednesday, captain Rohit Sharma is doubtful for the Test series opener.
After suffering a knee injury that necessitated knee surgery, southpaw Ravindra Jadeja has been sidelined.
After that, Rohit went to Mumbai to see a specialist, but the BCCI hasn’t said anything about how his injury is doing.
Rohit expressed his dissatisfaction with India’s expanding injury list following the 2-0 defeat in the ODI series. The list also includes Deepak Chahar (strained hamstring) and Kuldeep Sen (strained back).
Bangladesh won its second series against India in the 50-over format, defeating India by five runs in the second match.