India’s star right-arm quick Mohammed Shami was seen having some difficulty on his right leg during bowling in the 5th over of the innings after Pakistan elected to bat on winning the toss in their ICC Champions Trophy clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Back after a long injury lay-off, Mohammed Shami rekindled his love affair with big-ticket ICC tournaments by returning with a five-wicket haul to defuse Bangladesh in India’s Champions Trophy campaign opener in Dubai on Thursday.
As the dust settles on the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar series, with Australia hammering India 3-1 to eventually reclaim the trophy after a decade’s wait, cricket experts from either side lamented the absence of star quick Mohammed Shami from the crucial tour with Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting pointing out that the pacer’s presence might have made a difference.
India mourned the passing of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, with cricketing legends Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammed Shami expressing heartfelt condolences.
Reiterating his stance on the prospects of Mohammed Shami joining the squad for the remainder of the Border-Gavaskar series, India skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday left it on the BCCI's Centre of Excellence, formerly known as the National Cricket Academy (NCA), for clarity on the star quick’s fitness.
President Draupadi Murmu honoured 26-best-performing athletes and para athlete with Arjuna awards while coaches were conferred with Dronachary awards.
Five badminton players have been conferred the Khel Ratna so far; Pullela Gopichand (2001), Saina Nehwal (2010), PV Sindhu (2016), Pramod Bhagat (2021) and Krishna Nagar (2021).
The two had an incredible year, making it to as many as six finals and taking home five victories.
Star Indian seamer Mohammed Shami rescued a road accident victim in Nainital and shared a video of the incident on social media.
India will take on West Indies in 3 ODIs from February 6 in Ahmedabad while they will play 3 T20Is in Kolkata from February 16.
