Days ahead of Irani Cup 2024, Mumbai’s young batter Musheer Khan suffered a fracture in a road accident. Sarfaraz Khan's brother Musheer was travelling from Kanpur to Lucknow with his father-cum-coach Naushad when they met an unfortunate accident.
Musheer suffered a serious injury his neck. He is likely to stay out of action for at least six wickets to three months.
“So far, the cause of accident is not clear. The car flipped on the road four to five times which resulted in Musheer's serious injury,” the source told Sports Tak.
While there is no official word from Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), Musheer is ruled out of Irani Cup match that is scheduled to take place at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium starting October 1. He is likely to miss the initial phase of the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season as well.
Musheer’s form
Musheer has had a good run in red-ball cricket. For India B, he scored 181 against India A in a winning cause in recently concluded Duleep Trophy. However, in last four innings, he has recorded two ducks. The 19-year-old averages 51.14 in the format with 716 runs from 15 innings including three centuries and one fifty.
Irani Cup squads:
Rest of India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vc), Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk)*, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal*, Ricky Bhui, Shashwat Rawat, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Chahar.
Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Musheer Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhessh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Sidhaant Addhatrao, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohd. Juned Khan, Royston Dias
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