India’s cricket squad is sweating on scan results on paceman Mohammad Shami, who was struck on an arm in their first Test loss to Australia.
India hope the results will clear paceman Mohammed Shami of a broken arm.
Shami had scans in Adelaide on Saturday after copping a Pat Cummins delivery on his lower right arm while batting.
He retired hurt as India crashed to 36 all out. He didn’t take the field as Australia banked an eight-wicket win.
India’s captain Virat Kohli says Shami was “in extreme pain and couldn’t even move his hand”.
The Indian camp is expected to release the results of Shami’s scans on Sunday as the tourists grapple with the fallout of their Adelaide humiliation.
Shami, the steadying influence of India’s pace attack, is at risk of missing the Melbourne Test starting on Boxing Day.
Squad pacemen Navdeep Saini and Mohammed Siraj are in contention to replace him if he’s ruled out.
Indian selectors will also discuss the short-term future of opening bat Prithvi Shaw, who made a duck and four in Adelaide when twice bowled while attempting a defensive shot.
India’s selectors will need to summon at least one batsman for Boxing Day with inspirational skipper Kohli returning home to be at the birth of his first child.
KL Rahul and Shubman Gill are pressing for top-six slots – and both could be summoned should the axe fall on Shaw.
Regardless of the potential changes, Kohli called for calm amid a backlash in India to their Adelaide debacle.
“We definitely don’t feel like we are able to be getting bowled out so cheaply…on a regular basis,” Kohli said.
“So I don’t think it is anything alarming. We can very well sit here and make a mountain out of a molehill.
“But it’s basically looking at things in the right perspective and knowing what we need to do as a team moving forward … rather than going too much into the past and what has happened.
“We learn from our mistakes and we move forward.”
© AAP
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