MUMBAI: A day after TOI solely reported that Mumbai’s top-order batsman and left-arm spinner Musheer Khan had suffered a fracture in a severe street accident in Uttar Pradesh whereas travelling from his native place Azamgarh together with his father-cum-coach Naushad Khan for the Irani Cup match at Lucknow between Mumbai and Remainder of India, the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation issued an in depth medical replace on the gifted 19-year-old allrounder, saying that Musheer “suffered a fracture within the neck area, however is presently secure, and hospitalized in a hospital in Lucknow.He will likely be flown to Mumbai for additional analysis and extra medical remedy.”
Musheer is the youthful brother of India’s Check batsman Sarfaraz Khan.
Within the assertion, MCA secretary Abhay Hadap talked about: “Musheer Khan, a 19-year-old top-order batter and left-arm spinner, met with a street accident on Friday, whereas touring together with his household from Azamgarh to Lucknow to take part within the upcoming Irani Cup, scheduled from 1st to fifth October 2024. Musheer is presently admitted to a hospital in Lucknow, the place he stays secure, acutely aware, and well-oriented. He has sustained a fracture within the neck area and is underneath shut remark. The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the MCA medical groups are carefully monitoring his progress to make sure he receives the absolute best care. As soon as Musheer is deemed medically match for journey, he will likely be flown to Mumbai for additional analysis and extra medical remedy. The timeline for his restoration will likely be decided following these assessments.”
In what’s a giant blow to Mumbai simply forward of the 2024-25 home season, the unhappy growth, which might eager Musher out of the sport for atleast three months, if no more, implies that the gifted teenaged allrounder is now set to overlook the Irani Cup tie in opposition to ROI on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, in addition to the preliminary rounds of the Ranji Trophy, which is ready to start from October 11.
With Musheer out, Ayush could make Mumbai debut in Irani Cup tie
With 15 gamers nonetheless obtainable for choice and Sarfaraz set to hitch the workforce quickly in Lucknow, the Mumbai selectors are unlikely to call a alternative for the injured Musheer Khan. Instead of Musheer, who was set to open the Mumbai innings with Prithvi Shaw, Mumbai at the moment are doubtless to present a debut cap to a different teenaged batsman-talented opener Ayush Mhatre. The 17-year-old, who hails from Virar, had put in a powerful efficiency for Mumbai as an opener within the recently-held Dr (Capt) Okay Thimmappiah Memorial Match, the place he scored 271 runs in three matches@67.75, together with one century (173 in opposition to Gujarat) and one fifty.
