Last few months haven’t gone down well for the Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami as he has alleged of infidelity, age fudging and a lot of other things by his own wife Hasin Jahan. The bad day from him seems to be never-ending ones, as now, he has also been declared unfit to play the Test match against the Afghanistan team, who are going to play their maiden Test at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru starting from June 14 as he failed to clear the Yo-Yo test.

The Bengal pacer will be replaced by Navdeep Saini, who had an incredible 2017-18 Ranji season as he scalped 34 wickets in eight games. The selectors have also named young wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan as Sanju Samson’s replacement in India A squad for the One-Day series in England with the Kerala player also failing to clear the Yo-Yo test. The announcement came after Shami failed to clear the fitness test at NCA, Bengaluru.

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Ahead of the historic Test that commences on June 14, the team management requested India A seamers Mohammed Siraj and Rajneesh Gurbani to bowl to the Indian batsman in the nets.

Shami has had issues with his fitness throughout his career. Earlier this year, he played all three Tests in South Africa and picked 15 wickets as well. He is expected to play a crucial role in India’s pace attack ahead of their overseas assignments in England and Australia later this year.

SQUADS: 

India: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur

Afghanistan: Asghar Stanikzai (c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Javed Ahmadi, Ihsanullah Jannat, Rahmat Shah, Nasir Jamal, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afsar Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Zahir Khan, Hamza Hotak, Syed Ahmad Sherzad, Yamin Ahmadzai, Wafadar Momand, Mujeeb ur Rahman