Shami to miss SA Tests

Mumbai, Dec 16: India will not have the services of pacer Mohammed Shami in their quest to register a maiden Test series win in South Africa as the senior pacer was on Saturday ruled out of the two-match series after the medical team did not clear him for the two-match series, the BCCI announced.
Shami, who has been recuperating from an ankle niggle post his wonder run in the recent ODI World Cup, was earlier included in India’s Test squad but his availability was subject to him getting clearance from the board’s medical team.
The BCCI did not name any replacement for Shami. Pace-bowling all-rounder Deepak Chahar was also withdrawn from the ODI squad after he expressed his unavailability to travel to South Africa because of a family emergency.
“The Men’s Selection Committee has named (pacer) Akash Deep as his replacement,” the BCCI statement read. (PTI)