Shami ruled out of South Africa Test series

Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the two-Test series against South Africa beginning this month.

On Saturday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said Shami failed to regain his fitness.

The BCCI also said that medium pacer Deepak Chahar had withdrawn from the one-day squad due to a family emergency.

He was replaced with Akash Deep, who is already in South Africa as part of the India A side.

Shami, 33, was earlier named in the squad announced by BCCI for the away series but his inclusion was subject to fitness clearance.

“Shami, whose participation in the Test series was subject to fitness has not been cleared by the BCCI Medical Team and the fast bowler is ruled out of the two Tests,” BCCI said in a press release.

He played a key role during India's recent World Cup campaign, bagging 24 wickets from seven games to finish as the tournament's highest wicket-taker.

India won 10 games in a row in the tournament before losing the final to Australia.

India's updated ODI squad for South Africa series: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep.