Mohammed Shami's return to competitive cricket has been further pushed back after the veteran pacer was not picked in the Bengal squad for the next two rounds of the Ranji Trophy against Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.
Bengal will play against Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from Wednesday, before travelling to Indore to take on MP from November 13.
Shami was expected to play the fixture against Karnataka to test his fitness in a real-match situation as he bowled at full tilt at nets after India's recent Test match against New Zealand at the NCA, though with bandage on his operated leg.
On that occasion, he was also monitored by India's bowling coach Morne Morkel.
Later Shami said during a promotional event that he was feeling 100 percent in the nets.
"I had been bowling with half a run-up on and off since I can't put too much stress on my body. So, we decided that I would bowl properly, and I gave my 100
Bengal squad: Anustup Majumdar (captain), Wriddhiman Saha (w/k), Sudip Chatterjee, Sudip Gharami, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Avilin Ghosh, Shuvam Dey, Shakir Habib Gandhi, Pradipta Pramanik, Aamir Gani, Ishan Porel, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mohammed Kaif, Rohit Kumar, Rishav Vivek.