Big Blow For India! Star Pacer To Miss England Tests Due To Workload Issue

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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 14:29 IST

IND vs ENG Test Squad 2025: Mohammed Shami is improbable to play successful India's five-Test bid against England owed to concerns implicit his quality to vessel agelong spells.

Mohammed Shami mightiness not diagnostic successful India's Test squad for England (Picture credit: AP)

IND vs ENG Test 2025: In what tin travel arsenic a large stroke to India’s chances of putting up a respectable amusement successful the upcoming five-Test bid against England, prima pacer Mohammed Shami has been rendered ‘unlikely’ for the tie, with his quality to vessel agelong spells a large interest astatine the moment, according to a study successful The Indian Express. 

BCCI’s aesculapian squad has informed them that Shami would not beryllium capable to vessel longer spells. Chances of him playing each 5 Tests are bleak arsenic well, going ahead.

With ace India pacer and captaincy campaigner Jasprit Bumrah besides not expected to play 5 Tests owed to workload management, India find themselves successful troubled waters, adjacent with much than 20 days to spell for the series.

There were discussions implicit taking Shami too the Indian broadside and playing him successful a fewer matches. With Bumrah already informing BCCI that his assemblage cannot instrumentality the toll of much than 3 Tests, the enactment committee were known to beryllium successful a dilemma connected whether to alert retired with the former.

This dilemma of selecting oregon not selecting some Bumrah and Shami hampers the Indian team’s readying arsenic well.

According to the report, selectors privation acceptable bowlers flying with the Indian team, who tin vessel longer spells if required.

“Shami is bowling 4 overs successful IPL for Sunrisers Hyderabad, but the committee and selectors don’t cognize whether helium tin vessel much than 10 overs successful a day. Tests successful England whitethorn request longer spells from the pacers, and we can’t instrumentality chances," a root successful BCCI told The Indian Express. 

Shami’s past Test quality came during the 2023 India vs Australia World Test Championship last astatine the Oval.

Shami’s imaginable omission tin unfastened up a slot for left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh oregon Haryana right-arm pacer Anshul Kamboj, who has 74 wickets from 22 first-class matches.

Arshdeep tin beryllium the acheronian equine fixed his region cricket acquisition past year, wherever helium represented Kent.

In the 3rd Test of India’s 2021 circuit of England astatine Leeds, Shami had picked 4 wickets successful the hosts’ archetypal innings. This year, the archetypal Test volition beryllium played astatine the venue, and helium tin beryllium a large cog successful the wheel.

Shami had undergone ankle country past year, which halted his cricket for different year. He made his comeback earlier successful 2025 done T20s and was aboriginal portion of the Champions Trophy arsenic well.

Shami had missed cardinal events for India, including the 2024 T20 World Cup successful USA and the Windies and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy successful Australia precocious arsenic well.

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