Breaking! Jasprit Bumrah's replacement in the 20-20 World Cup squad announced, Mohammad Siraj called up as backup

In a major piece of news, senior Indian pacer Mohammed Shami is all set to replace the injured speedster Jasprit Bumrah in the Indian squad for the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Whereas Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been included in the roster as the backups. The latter duo will travel to Australia very shortly.

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The Indian cricket Board has issued a media advisory on the behalf of secretary Jay Shah while informing about the same. The advisory from the board states that Shami has already touched down in Australia and will join the squad in Brisbane before the commencement of the Warm-up matches.

Shami has reached Australia and will link up with the squad in Brisbane - Indian Cricket Board on Mohammed Shami

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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2022

“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Mohammed Shami as Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement in India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad. Shami has reached Australia and will link up with the squad in Brisbane ahead of the warm-up matches,” reads the official advisory from the board on the behalf of secretary Jay Shah.

“Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have been named as backups and will travel to Australia shortly,” it adds further.

Notably, the 28-year-old premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah sustained a knee injury just before the commencement of the first of the three-match ODI series against South Africa. Subsequently, he was ruled out of the South Africa series followed by exclusion from the entire tournament of the 20-20 World Cup 2022.

Earlier, he was Mohammed Siraj who replaced Bumrah in the South Africa T20I series for three-match series. Speaking a bit more about Siraj, then he has won the ‘player of the series' award in the recently-concluded three-match ODI series against South Africa for his stellar bowling performances throughout the series.

Coming back to Shami, then he has been the talk of the town in the Indian cricketing fraternity since the World Cup squad was announced. Fans were continuously backing him to be a part of the team in the marquee tournament in Australia. Although the wish of fans has finally fulfilled, however, it came after the shocking news of Bumrah’s injury.