Fast-bowler Mohammed Shami on Tuesday took a veiled dig at the selectors of the Indian team management for not choosing him for the white ball cricket. Shami said that selection is not in his hand and the best he could do was play. However, he added that as far as his fitness is concerned, if he can play a 4-day Ranji match then why not a 50-over One-Day International (ODI) match.

Shami is not part of the Indian team that will be playing a 3-match ODI and a 5-match T20I series against Australia starting October 19.

“I have said this before… Selection is not in my hands. If there is a fitness issue, I shouldn’t be here playing for Bengal,” Shami told reporters on the eve of Bengal’s Ranji opener against Uttarakhand at Eden Gardens.

“I think I do not need to speak on this and create a

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