The legendary cricketer feels if injured Shami doesn’t recover in time, then Ishant Sharma must be sent to Australia immediately as Navdeep was unimpressive in the warm-up game.

Shami was on Saturday hit by a short ball from Pat Cummins on his forearm following which he retired hurt, ending India's struggle on the third morning to 36 for nine

Indian pacer Mohammed Shami's participation in the remainder of the Test series against Australia was thrown into doubt on Saturday after he suffered a wrist injury in the opening Test here and found himself "unable to even lift his arm".

Australia were 35 for two after dismissing India for 244 at the end of the opening session on the second day of the first Test.

The former Australian Test cricketer feels Aussie pace attack sometimes gets wobbly while Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah are going to create problems for the home side with the pink ball.

Visiting spinners have struggled immensely in day-night matches Down Under, picking a combined 13 wickets in 23 innings at an average of 95.38 and strike rate of 150.6.

In Ishant Sharma’s absence, Kaif feels Umesh has gelled well with Shami and Bumrah and was impressive in the warm-up game.

The two combined to pick five wickets between themselves and conceded runs at just three an over in their 20-over combination, subsequently showing what a threat they will be in Adelaide next week.

For the visitors, Jasprit Bumrah notched up his maiden first-class fifty with an unbeaten 57-ball 55 after Prithvi Shaw (40) and Shubman Gill (43) made useful contributions at the top.

It is expected that Shami and Bumrah, in the absence of an injured Ishant Sharma, will have to carry the bulk of the burden during the Test series.

Acting on a complaint filed by Hasin Jahan, the man was arrested from the Canning Station Road area for making several threat-calls over the last two months.

Indian coach Ravi Shastri said Indian fast bowling quality gives them an edge over Australia; Calling the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini his fabulous five.

Shami comes into the series after a successful Indian Premier League in which he took 20 wickets in 14 matches.

Shami had his best IPL season as his 20 wickets for Kings XI Punjab, including a spectacular defence of five runs in double Super Over game against Mumbai Indians, was one of the highlights of the tournament.

Shami had an impressive IPL season as he scalped 20 wickets in 14 games, finishing eighth in the list of leading wicket-takers.

Shami has been seen primarily bowling with pink and red balls during net sessions, which is an indicator of where his and team's priorities lie.

BCCI shares a video of ‘The master and his apprentice’ bowling in tandem with the pink ball during their training session.

  KL Rahul, who is back in the Test squad after playing his last match in August shares a post slugging the pink ball during a practice session in Sydney    

The Punjab franchise, fuelled by Nicholas Pooran's impressive batting show, registered a comprehensive five-wicket victory over Capitals on Tuesday. 

Shami forced the tie against MI to go into a historic second Super Over where KXIP secured a cruising win.