Musheer Khan suffers neck injury in road accident in UP

Mumbai allrounder and younger brother of India batter Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan has suffered “a fracture in the neck region” in a road accident on the outskirts of Lucknow on Friday. Musheer was en route to Lucknow from Azamgarh, his hometown, for the Irani Cup beginning on October 1. He is highly unlikely to play that game, or the first few rounds of the Ranji Trophy that follows.An MCA statement issued on Saturday confirmed the injury and said “he remains stable, conscious, and well-oriented”. A statement from the hospital he was admitted in said Musheer was “out of danger.”Musheer was travelling with his father and two others when their SUV, a Toyota Fortuner, collided with a median and toppled, ESPNcricinfo learnt from eyewitness accounts and a member of the traffic directorate of Lucknow Police.”Once Musheer is deemed medically fit for travel, he will be flown to Mumbai for further evaluation and additional medical treatment,” the MCA statement said. “The timeline for his…