Team India's defeat in the Test series against New Zealand has shocked everyone. Since this performance, questions are being raised on Team India. Also, the chances of Team India's victory in the upcoming Australian tour are now being doubted. In this, the absence of the team's star fast bowler Mohammed Shami has made the situation even more difficult. While Indian cricket experts and fans are worried about the performance of Team India due to Shami's absence, the Australian team seems nervous even after this. The fear of Australian team coach Andrew McDonald has also come to light and the main reason for this is the last series, which was won by Team India.

Shami did not get place

The 5 test match series between India and Australia will start from 22nd November. Team India will tour Australia next month for this series. Team India was recently announced for the series, in which Mohammed Shami did not get a place. Shami has been out of the cricket field for the last one year due to injury and is still not fully fit. In such a situation, the selection committee has not included him in the squad at present. The board is waiting for Shami to prove his fitness by playing one or two Ranji Trophy matches, after which he can be sent to Australia in the middle of the series.

Australia is still nervous

While the fans of Team India are worried about this, the Australian coaches are also not heaving a sigh of relief. Andrew McDonald praised Shami profusely and admitted that his absence is a big blow for the Indian team. McDonald said that Australian batsmen talk a lot about Shami's accurate bowling and systematic bowling, hence the Indian team will miss his pairing with Jasprit Bumrah. Despite this, McDonald admitted that the new players of Team India cannot be taken lightly because the result was seen on the last Australian tour, when India won the series.

The nagging fear of this

Team India had created history by winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on both the previous tours of Australia. Out of this, Shami had a special contribution in the victory of 2018 but in 2020-21, he was out due to injury. Even after this, Team India won the series because new bowlers like Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini played an important role in defeating Australia by performing strongly in their debut. Perhaps this fear still persists in the Australian camp and this time they are going with new bowlers like Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Prasidh Krishna.