Mohammed Shami ruled out of IPL 2024, to undergo ankle surgery in the UK

It is also highly unlikely that the pace bowler would be able to take part in India’s Test matches at home against Bangladesh and New Zealand later this year

Senior pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL), set to begin next month, owing to a left ankle injury, for which he will undergo surgery in the UK, a BCCI source told news agency PTI.

The 33-year-old, who was recently conferred the Arjuna Award, has not been a part of the ongoing Test series against England. The last match he played for India was in the ODI World Cup final against Australia last year.

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“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,” a BCCI source was quoted as saying.

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It is also highly unlikely that the pace bowler will be able to take part in India’s Test matches at home against Bangladesh and New Zealand later this year.

In his career spanning a decade, Shami has taken 229 Test, 195 ODI, and 24 T20 wickets.

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(With PTI inputs)