Shami is a Big Loss says Andrew McDonald as he misses out from Australia Tour

Shami is a Big Loss says Andrew McDonald as he misses out from Australia Tour.

BCCI has announced the squad for border Gavaskar Trophy,  surprisingly, the squad   consists of 18 members.

India’s squad for Australia Tour (Border Gavaskar Trophy :

Batters– Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan

Wicket Keeper Batters– KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK)

All rounders– R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar

Bowlers– Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana,

The Indian fast bowling unit consists of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana and Navdeep Saini, Mukhesh Kumar and  Khaleel Ahmed as reverse players.

Mohammed Shami is the major big name missing from the squad, surprised everyone including Australia Head Coach, Andrew McDonald.

After having a look at the Indian Squad, Shami is a big loss says Andrew McDonald. He also added, “The way our batters speak about his relentless nature, his line and lengths, the way he goes about his business, a real good complimenting skill set to (Jasprit) Bumrah so think that one-two combo they’ll lack a little bit, and they’ll miss that,”.

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Even though, last time when India travelled Australia, Shami wasn’t a part of the squad but India managed to win the series.

So, knowing this, Andrew McDonald also added, “Needless to say we saw what happened last time, they had reserves that came in and did the job as well so they cannot be underestimated at all”

This series is going to be pf 4 match series, and set to kickoff from 22 November.

The first match will be played in Perth. Adelaide is set to host second match from December 6, and is going to be Day-Night match. The Gabba (Brisbane) is set to host 3rd match. Fourth and Fifth matches will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) from December 26 and 3rd January 2025 respectively.

Last time, when India Toured Australia for Border Gavaskar Trophy, India made a history by winning it as Rishabh Pant became Hero scoring Winning runs, making it possible after many years at the Gabba.