In the meantime, Shami opened up on his experience of playing under Rohit. He explained that the 37-year-old gives freedom to the bowlers, which is very important. The Amroha-born cricketer added that the current India captain knows how to extract the best out of a cricketer and knows the ability of each player.

I'm working hard and trying my level best to recover. Neither the BCCI nor me have mentioned that I am out of the Border Gavaskar series,” Shami wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “I request the public to stop paying attention to such news from unofficial sources.

Shami backed his skipper and said it is possible for anyone to make mistakes and hailed Rohit Sharma for taking responsibility for it.

India fast bowler Mohammed Shami defended captain Rohit Sharma for his decision to bat first in the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru.