India pacer Mohammed Shami, after being cleared off fixing charges by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), made his comeback. He is training after more than a break of 15 days.
As per a report in TOI, Shami trained in Dehradun on Saturday (March 24). He will fly to Delhi to join the Delhi Daredevils’ camp soon.
Shami last a played a competitive game on March 6 during Deodhar Trophy 2017/18.
The 27-year-old Shami wasn’t part of the Irani Cup squad. He has been on rest for a period of more than two weeks before he was to join the Delhi Daredevils’ camp.
However, as soon as he played the final of Dodhar Trophy, the very next day his wife brought allegations against him on March 7.
The same day BCCI announced the central contract for players and Shami’s name was dropped at the eleventh hour.
As per the reports, his name was there on the central contract list. But was dropped as soon as the case came into limelight.
BCCI asked its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) to look into the charges of fixing after Shami’s wife Hasin made a massive claim before the media.
There were doubts over the participation of Shami in IPL as well.
However, a few days back, Shami was cleared of any fixing charge and BCCI handed him Grade B contract, which will see him earning a salary of INR 3 Crore per annum.
BCCI’s clean chit also made him eligible to feature in the eleventh edition of IPL.
Delhi Daredevils’ officials were quite happy after Shami was cleared of any fixing charge. BCCI had a clear stand over Shami’s case after a thorough investigation by ACU’s top-brass Neeraj Kumar.
As per the board, it was waiting for Shami to come clean on fixing charges and the board did not have anything to do with his personal life.
Mohammed Shami is all set to join Delhi Daredevils’ camp soon.
The franchise is expected to kick off the preparations for the coming season from tomorrow (March 26) at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi.
Gautam Gambhir will lead the team in the season and Shami, who was retained by the franchise by the use of RTM card, will be an important pillar in team’s success.He will lead the pace attack this season as there is no Zaheer Khan in the team now.
The former bowler Zaheer decided not to play the league and is expected to don the commentator’s hat.
Delhi Daredevils kick off their IPL campaign against Kings XI Punjab in an away game on April 8.
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