Fit-again Shami available for West Indies match

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has apparently recovered from his knee injury and is available for India's next ICC World Cup league match against West Indies on March 6.

Shami was rested for India's previous match against United Arab Emirates as a precautionary measure but the Bengal pacer took part in the training activity at the Murdoch University Oval Sports Complex ground, in Perth, on Tuesday.

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He took part in fielding drills and also bowled a bit. In case, Shami is picked in the playing eleven, Bhuvneshwar Kumar might again be sidelined after having made a comeback against the minnows in the last game, where he got a wicket and bowled at a good pace.

"Shami is fit and available for selection," India's media manager R N Baba said.

While there is no update on Bhuvneshwar, the pacer was on Tuesday seen having his ankle heavily strapped as he walked barefoot into the dressing room.

It may be a case of the ankle being taped to protect it from aggravating after having bowled full tilt in the last game. The WACA is a hard ground and a pace bowler's ankle takes more pounding on delivery landing compared to some of the other grounds.

However, it's not clear that whether Bhuvneshwar has again done some damage to his ankles or not but certainly the Indian team management are not taking any chances.

Image: India fast bowler Mohammed Shami.

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