New Delhi,oct 10
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma met coming Mumbai and India U19 batting sensation Musheer Khan, as he continues to recover from injuries sustained during a road accident.Musheer, the younger brother of Mumbai and Indian batting star Sarfaraz Khan, sustained a “fracture in the neck region” after suffering from a road accident on the outskirts of Lucknow in September-end, which caused him to miss out on the Irani Cup match for Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai against the Rest of India. He is also going to miss first two of his side’s Ranji Trophy matches, with tournament starting from Friday onwards.Musheer did confirm that he was fine after the accident, but had to watch from the sidelines as his brother played a crucial role in Mumbai’s first Irani Cup title win in 27 years, by scoring a match-winning double hundred which he went on to dedicate to Musheer.Musheer took to Instagram, posting a picture of him wearing a neck brace, along with the ‘Hitman’ and his father Naushad Khan.Musheer has displayed a fine temparement and ability to score on the biggest stages when the lights shine bright on him, with a double hundred in Ranji Trophy quarterfinals, a fifty in Ranji semifinal and a century in the final during the last season. He also hit a century on his Duleep Trophy debut for India B side in September.
