Mohamed Shami
Mohammed Shami was not part of India’s squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. After this, he got a place in the Bengal Ranji team, where he performed well. Now he has also been included in the Bengal squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. PTI had earlier reported that Shami’s inclusion in the Bengal T20 squad is part of a thorough assessment of his fitness, paving the way for his return to the Indian team.
Great performance from Bengal
After recovering from an ankle injury, Mohammed Shami, who returned to the competitive game after a gap of one year, put in an impressive performance for Bengal in the Ranji match against Madhya Pradesh and took seven wickets to give his team the first victory of the season. It is understood that the national selection committee did not want to take any risks by hastily including Shami in the Indian team after just one Ranji Trophy match after completing an extensive rehabilitation programme.
People in the know said that the BCCI medical team and the national selectors want Shami to play a few more competitive matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to see if his body is fine after so many matches, even if this should be a tournament of white ball . Now if Mohammed Shami performs well in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, then he can be included in the Indian team.
Sudeep Kumar took over the responsibility of captaincy
Talented batsman Sudeep Kumar Gharami was named captain of Bengal. Bengal will begin their campaign against Punjab in the Group A match in Rajkot. Apart from these two teams, Group A features teams from Hyderabad, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Bihar and Rajasthan. Its finale will be held on December 15 in Bengaluru.
Bengal team for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Sudeep Kumar Gharami (captain), Abhishek Porel (goalkeeper), Sudeep Chatterjee, Shahbaz Ahmed, Karan Lal, Hrithik Chatterjee, Ritwik Roy Choudhary, Shakir Habib Gandhi (goalkeeper), Ranjot Singh Khaira, Prayas Ray Barman, Agniv Pan (goalkeeper), Pradipta Pramanik, Saksham Chaudhary, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Porel, Mohammed Kaif, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Sayan Ghosh, Kanishka Seth and Soumyadeep Mandal.
(Entry: PTI)
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