Mohammed Shami to undergo ankle surgery, ruled out of IPL 2024
A BCCI source told us on Thursday that the senior pacer of Indian cricket team Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of next month’s Indian Premier League owing to a left ankle injury, for which he will undergo surgery in the UK.
A senior BCCI source said on the condition of anonymity that “Shami was in London in the last week of January to take special ankle injections, and he was told that after three weeks, he can start light running and take it from thereon. But the injection hasn’t worked, and now the only option left is surgery. He will shortly leave for the UK for surgery. IPL seems out of the question.”
The development raises a question mark about the injury rehabilitation management program planned by the National Cricket Academy for Shami.
Now, it is highly unlikely that the pace bowling artist would be able to make a comeback before India’s Test matches at home against Bangladesh and New Zealand.
His target could be the marquee away series against Australia. People in the know believe that the NCA’s conservative line of thinking has not worked in Shami’s case.
The source said, “Shami should have gone directly for surgery, and that should have been NCA’s call. Just two months of rest and injections wouldn’t have worked well, and that’s what has happened. He is an asset, and the Indian team would need him in Australia.”