Next month, at the end of November, the Indian team will tour Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Where a 5-match test series will be played between the two teams. But before that a bad news is coming. Actually, it is doubtful for Indian team’s experienced bowler Mohammed Shami to play in this series. Indian captain Rohit Sharma held a press conference before the Test series to be played against New Zealand from October 16, in which he also gave a statement about Shami.
In fact, in response to the question asked about Mohammed Xi in the press conference, Rohit Sharma said that, honestly speaking, it is difficult to select him for the Australia series. He was injured and his knees were swollen. This worsened his condition a bit and he had to start over. He is in NCA with doctors and physio. We do not want to take a weak Shami to Australia. We are hoping that he will return soon.
Speaking about Jasprit Bumrah being made the vice-captain, Rohit said that he is one of the experienced players of the team. He has not captained much. But whatever I have discussed with him. He is always ready for the bowling group, the bowlers or anything during the match. It’s good to be with them.
Regarding the 3-match Test series against New Zealand, Rohit said that for us, every team brings different challenges. We have played a lot of cricket against them and know their players and their strengths and weaknesses. The objective for us is that we want to perform better than our previous series.