Musheer Khan, the emerging Mumbai all-rounder and India batter Sarfaraz Khan's brother has suffered injuries during a road accident and is set to be out of the action for a little while. Musheer reportedly was travelling with his father-cum-coach Naushad from Kanpur to Lucknow for the Irani Cup clash against the Rest of India when their car met with an accident.
As per an ESPNCricinfo report, the 19-year-old all-rounder has suffered neck injuries after their SUV, a Toyota Fortuner toppled by hitting the divider and that has ruled him out of the Irani Cup fixture for Mumbai which is set to take place at the BRSABV Ekana Stadium from October 1-5. The extent of the injuries is yet to be ascertained, however, it seems like Musheer will also miss the initial round matches of the Ranji Trophy as well.
The all-rounder is admitted to a hospital in Lucknow at the moment along with his father. However, as per the report, Musheer will be flown to Mumbai at the earliest.
"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 was quoted by the Indian Express as saying. Musheer's absence will be a huge blow to Mumbai given how the young all-rounder has performed in recent times, especially in red-ball cricket.
Musheer slammed a magnificent 181 in the first round of the Duleep Trophy for India B when every other batter was struggling on the spicy wicket in Anantapur. The teenager has 716 runs to his name in nine first-class games at an average of 51.14 and given his run in red-ball cricket, he was expected to be named on India A's tour of Australia.
However, after that 181, Musheer returned with scores of 0, 1, 5 and 0.
Mumbai are yet to name a replacement for Musheer for the Irani Cup. However, Sarfaraz, Musheer's elder brother is likely to play for Mumbai since he wasn't part of India's playing XI for the second Test against Bangladesh and was released from the Test squad subsequently.
