The Indian cricket team will play a 5-match T20 series against England at home from January 22. Team India's squad has been announced for this series. For this series, a player has been selected in the team, who has not played any T20 match for Team India in the last 2 years. At the same time, this player has not been a part of international cricket for the last one year. This player is also a big contender to be selected in the team for the Champions Trophy.

This player will return to T20 after 2 years

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been selected in the squad for the 5-match T20 series. Mohammed Shami is out of international cricket since ODI World Cup 2023. He was injured during this tournament. After this he had to undergo ankle surgery in February 2024. Whereas, Shami played the last T20 match for Team India in November 2022. Since then he has been away from T20I cricket.

Mohammed Shami can also be a part of the Indian team for the Champions Trophy. In such a situation, BCCI management and Gautam Gambhir want to play as many matches as possible before the tournament, so that his fitness can be known. After ankle surgery, Shami remained away from the cricket field for a long time. After this, he has been playing domestic cricket for some time. But during this period, there has been slight swelling in his knee, due to which his return to Team India has also been delayed.

Mohammed Shami's T20I career

Mohammed Shami has played only 23 T20 matches for Team India so far. During this period, he has spent runs at an economy of 8.94 and has taken only 24 wickets. That means he has not been very successful in T20I. But his figures in Test and ODI are quite strong. Shami played the last tournament for Team India in the 2023 ODI World Cup. In that tournament he took 24 wickets in 7 matches. He was also the bowler who took the most wickets.