Once Bhuvi Gets Fit We Will Have a Selection Headache: Virat Kohli

Mohammad Shami has replaced Bhuvneshwar in the playing XI.

(Photo: BCCI)

Ahead of India’s clash against the host England, Indian skipper Virat Kohli gave an update on injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar, saying that he is recovering fast.

Kohli was addressing a press conference in Birmingham as he revealed the ‘away’ jersey that the players will be wearing during their match against the host.

“Bhuvi is recovering fast,” adding that when he gets fit it’s going to be “a bit of a headache for us to see what we’re going to do.”

Virat Kohli

The reason for the “headache” will be to decide whom to keep in the playing XI - Bhuvi or Mohammad Shami.

Shami, who was included the in the squad after Bhuvi’s injury as his replacement, has had a phenomenal stint at the tournament so far with 8 wickets in two matches.

“We know that Bhuvi is a world class bowler. Shami in the last year and a half has come around amazingly well. I have never seen (more) fitter and hungry to take wickets. And he knows how to pick wickets. He has that hunger within him,” said Kohli.

India pacer Mohammed Shami said only he deserves all the credit for his remarkable turnaround as it was "me and only me" who suffered for 18 months.

"Credit? Who else but me. I give full credit to myself," said Shami after India's 125-run victory over West Indies in the World Cup here Thursday, the scribes in the mixed zone taken in by his directness.

Shami has been to hell and back in the last one and half years, fighting accusations of domestic violence. As a result, he was dropped from the BCCI's central contract list pending inquiry, and also sat out a Test match on fitness ground.

But he is now back to his best, asking probing questions to the best in the business with his pace and swing.

(With inputs from PTI)