April 17, 2015 by admin

Injured Shami on his way out, end of road for Finch

New Delhi, India pacer Mohammed Shami’s knee injury turned out to be more serious than Delhi Daredevils made it out to be as he has been ruled out of the entire IPL cricket tournament. Shami, who took 18 wickets in the World Cup, had problems with a dodgy knee as he was rested for one game against UAE which Bhuvneshwar Kumar played.
“Shami is out of the tournament. He might have to go for an operation. He should not have gone for IPL. He will take at least two months for recovery,” a BCCI official told PTI on the condition of anonymity.
Mumbai haven’t decided on Finch replacement yet
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians would address the issue of finding a replacement for injured opener Aaron Finch after tomorrow’s game against Chennai Super Kings, said captain Rohit Sharma after confirming that the Australian has been ruled out of the tournament. “Yeah, he’s out. Nothing has been decided whether we need an opener or a middle order batsman (as replacement). We are playing an important game tomorrow. We wanted to focus on that. We will see about the replacement after this game,” said Rohit.
Finch was ruled out of the T20 league after injuring his hamstring while going for a run during MI’s match against Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad.
“We are thinking about it. We have come up with some names, but nothing has been confirmed yet. We thought we needed to look at a few more options. We will check them and decide. But it has to be done quickly,” Rohit added.
Rohit also said that Harbhajan Singh, who did not play the game against Royals due to a sore neck, is fit to play tomorrow’s game. “Harbhajan is looking very good,” the MI skipper said.