Better body composition helping Shami remain injury-free: Physio

Weight loss and a much improved body composition has played a huge part in keeping India's in-form pacer Mohammad Shami injury-free over the past 12-18 months, says Kings XI Punjab physio Brett Harrop.

Shami's stellar performances in the overseas Test tours of South Africa, England and Australia also helped him secure an unexpected World Cup berth, considering he was not a regular in the 50-over format as recent as six months ago.

He has lost a good 5-6 kgs and worked that extra hard on his fitness, making him "leaner than ever before" in the words of India captain Virat Kohli.

"The fact that he is leaner and his body composition is better, that has played a huge part in him being injury-free," Harrop, who has worked with national teams including Bangladesh, told PTI.

"It (being injury-free) has a bit of a snowball effect. When you have less injuries, you play more and the more you play, it makes you more robust and you are less likely to get injured.

"So that (better body ...