India's Shami out of Australia T20s with Covid
Monday, 19 September 2022
NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (AFP): India pace bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of next week's Twenty20 series against Australia after testing positive for coronavirus, the cricket board said on Sunday.
Umesh Yadav has been called up as a replacement for the three-match series, an important warm-up for next month's World Cup in Australia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said.
The series begins in Mohali on Tuesday followed by gam Nagpur on September 23 and Hyderabad two days later.