![(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 13, 2018 Indian bowler Mohammed Shami leaves the field during the first day of the second Test cricket match between South Africa and India at Supersport cricket ground in Centurion, South Africa.
India's cricket board has said that it had withheld the renewal of star paceman Mohammad Shami's contract because of "unsavoury" allegations that he cheated on his wife. Shami, who represented India during the tour of South Africa in January, has dismissed the accusations of infidelity as "part of big conspiracy" to defame him.
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India fast bowler Mohammed Shami finds himself in trouble. Gianluigi Guercia / AFP
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami finds himself in trouble. Gianluigi Guercia / AFP
Contract of India cricket star Mohammed Shami on hold after infidelity claim
Fast bowler denies his wife's charges, which also include domestic violence
Agence France Presse
08 March, 2018