Mumbai batting sensation Musheer Khan will miss the team’s upcoming Irani Cup in Lucknow after suffering a road accident on Friday night.
The details and extent of Musheer’s injury are yet to be ascertained.
“He met with an accident last night and will miss the Irani Cup. We don’t know what kind of injury he is having at the moment, the MCA is trying to reach his father,” an MCA official said.
Defending Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai are slated to take on the Rest of India in the one-off affair at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium from October 1-5. Mumbai are yet to name a replacement for Musheer.
Musheer is also likely to miss the initial rounds of Mumbai’s 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season which begins on October 11.
The 19-year-old Musheer, the younger sibling of India Test batter Sarfaraz Khan, was recently in action in the Duleep Trophy. In his debut Duleep Trophy game in Bengaluru, Musheer cracked a century for India B. However, Musheer could only add six more runs in four subsequent innings while bagging two ducks.
Musheer, who was one of India’s breakout stars during the last Under-19 World Cup in early 2024, stamped a strong comeback into the Ranji Trophy in February. In his first game for Mumbai in nearly two years, Musheer cracked his maiden First-Class double hundred before shining in the Ranji final against Vidarbha. Musheer cracked a second-innings hundred as Mumbai bagged their record-extending 42nd Ranji title.
Musheer has compiled over 700 runs in nine FC matches, averaging over 50 while registering three hundreds and a fifty.
Mumbai squad: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Sidhaant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohammad Juned Khan, Royston Dias.
