Mumbai’s Musheer Khan suffers road accident, set to be out of action for two months | Cricket News

Mumbai batting sensation Musheer Khan will be out of action for more than two months after suffering a road accident on Friday afternoon.
The teenager will miss the upcoming Irani Cup in Lucknow and the start of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season.
The Indian Express understand that Musheer was travelling with his father Naushad Khan and two more people from Azamgarh to Lucknow on Friday afternoon when his car met with a divider and overturned.
Musheer is said to have experienced concussion and pain behind his neck as he was taken to a near hospital for further treatment. The doctors have said Musheer could take more than two months to recover and may be carrying a possible fracture which has yet to be ascertained.
“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 said.
Defending Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai are slated to take on the Rest of India in the one-off affair at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium from October 1-5. Mumbai are yet to name a replacement for Musheer.
Musheer is also likely to miss the initial rounds of Mumbai’s 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season which begins on October 11.
The 19-year-old Musheer, the younger sibling of India Test batter Sarfaraz Khan, was recently in action in the Duleep Trophy. In his debut Duleep Trophy game in Bengaluru, Musheer cracked a century for India B. However, Musheer could only add six more runs in four subsequent innings while bagging two ducks.
Musheer, who was one of India’s breakout stars during the last Under-19 World Cup in early 2024, stamped a strong comeback into the Ranji Trophy in February. In his first game for Mumbai in nearly two years, Musheer cracked his maiden First-Class double hundred before shining in the Ranji final against Vidarbha. Musheer cracked a second-innings hundred as Mumbai bagged their record-extending 42nd Ranji title.
Musheer has compiled over 700 runs in nine FC matches, averaging over 50 while regering three hundreds and a fifty.
Mumbai squad: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Sidhaant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohammad Juned Khan, Royston Dias.