Zaheer Ruled out of Champions Trophy due to Shoulder surgery

Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan is acceptable to be disqualified out of the Champions Trophy starting backward September, afterwards ability a above accept anaplasty in South Africa aftermost month. There are fears that he could absence the seven-match home ODI alternation adjoin Australia in November-December as able-bodied if the accretion doesn't go according to plan.

Zaheer best up the abrasion to his bowling accept during the additional copy of the IPL while arena for the Mumbai Indians. He fell on his accept while fielding and was afterwards brash to rest. Zaheer aggravated the abrasion arena in the World Twenty20 and had to abide anaplasty in South Africa in July, causing him to absence the four-match ODI alternation in West Indies.

The 30-year-old has been brash a minimum of three months' blow afterwards his accept was operated aloft by Dr Mark Ferguson, who has auspiciously advised Sachin Tendulkar and above players Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble in the past.

The aggregation for the ICC accident has to be called by August 23 but the civic selectors are acceptable to accommodated beforehand to aces the band for the tri-series in Sri Lanka starting September 8 and the Champions Trophy in South Africa that starts on September 25. Zaheer was called in a account of 30 probables for the Champions Trophy.