Gujarat Titans pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of next month's Indian Premier League owing to a left ankle injury, for which he will undergo a surgery in the UK, a BCCI source told PTI on Thursday.
The 33-year-old, who is not part of the ongoing Test series against England, last played for India in the ODI World Cup final against Australia in November. Shami was in London in last week of January to take special ankle injections and he was told that after three weeks, he can start light running and take it from thereon.
"But the injection hasn't worked and now the only option left is surgery. He will shortly leave for UK for surgery. IPL seems out of question," a senior BCCI source said on the condition of anonymity. The development is a big blow to Gujarat Titans who will now heavily depend on Umesh Yadav.
