Team India’s preparations for the upcoming 2022 T20 World Cup were dealt with a major blow, as their lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah got ruled out of the tournament. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has now named pacer Mohammed Shami as Bumrah’s replacement for the important event. The 2022 T20 World Cup gets underway on October 16 in Australia.
On Friday, the All-India Senior Selection Committee decided to name Mohammed Shami as Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement. The BCCI took to Twitter to announce the decision. Mohammed Shami left for Australia on Thursday to join the Indian team. He will be available for the warm-up matches in Brisbane. Meanwhile, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been named as backups and will travel to Australia shortly.
🚨 NEWS 🚨: Shami replaces Bumrah In India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Squad. #TeamIndia | #T20WorldCup
Details 🔽https://t.co/nVovMwmWpI
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2022
Mohammed Shami was named in India’s T20I squad against Australia earlier this year. However, he tested covid positive and was ruled out of the series. He also missed the following T20I series against South Africa. Recently, the pacer passed the fitness test and was declared eligible for selection.
Let’s take a look at how fans reacted to Mohammed Shami’s inclusion in the team:
Shami is back 🔥🔥#Shami #MohammedShami is in World cup 💥💥#T20WorldCup #T20WorldCup2022 #Varisu #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/DAusNifpy6
— MOHAN VIJAY🎖️🎖️ (@MohanVIJAY866) October 14, 2022
Happiness 😘❤️
Shami replaces Bumrah in the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2022.🔥🥰#T20WorldCup #Shami #MohammedShami pic.twitter.com/t8yYY6fwuD— Mahmud Kohli 🥵 (@mahmudayan216) October 14, 2022
From being told by the management that he's not being considered for selection in T20Is to being announced as Jasprit Bumrah's replacement without playing a single T20I.
Proper wild card entry for Mohammed Shami.
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) October 14, 2022
So, Shami gets into the WC without playing a single game between the last WC & this one. Living WC to WC 😅 #T20WorldCup https://t.co/rhCGkRFyXH
— Kartik O 🏏⚽🔗 (@KOCricket528) October 14, 2022
Wanted Shami in the squad, didn’t know it would happen in this manner🫠 #T20WorldCup https://t.co/cUaxUx3M3t pic.twitter.com/4B80WLo6L0
— Navya (@SweptForASix) October 14, 2022
As expected, Indian selectors have gone with the experience instead of current form which is a good sign.
Mixed emotions but am sure Shami will have a decent tournament overall.
All the best!! https://t.co/UKhlghrBJm
— Arya Harish (@iAryaHarish) October 14, 2022
The balance has 'swung' in favour of Shami to replace Bumrah at the World Cup T20. Hope the Australian conditions favour him. All the best.
— Syed Imtiaz Ahmed (@simtiaz_a) October 14, 2022
Why not Siraj who was playing constantly, did well of late and has game time . Shami is good bowler but he was not in your T20 side for the last one year and all of sudden he is replacement of Bumrah. The management 🙂🙂 https://t.co/AW67tfW9UA
— Aditya (@Aditya73927510) October 14, 2022
Mohammad Shami replaces Jasprit Bumrah for #T20WorldCup
Shami be like: Aa raha hun mai pic.twitter.com/GIctMs2gUd
— Govind Dwivedi (@kanpuriya_balak) October 14, 2022
India’s schedule and squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup
Team India is already in Australia preparing for the upcoming 2022 T20 World Cup. They played a couple of warm-up matches against Western Australia XI this week in Perth. India won the first match by 13 runs, while lost the second by 36 runs.
The Rohit Sharma-led team will now head to Brisbane for the two practice matches against Australia and New Zealand. The first match against Australia will take place on October 17, while New Zealand will take place on October 19.
India’s T20 World Cup schedule:
Sunday, October 23 – India vs Pakistan, Melbourne
Thursday, October 27 – India vs TBA, Sydney
Sunday, October 30 – India vs South Africa, Perth
Wednesday, November 2 – India vs Bangladesh, Adelaide
Sunday, November 6 – India vs TBA, 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, Mohammed Shami.
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