IND vs SA: Another injury scare for India as star player hit in nets ahead of 2nd Test

IND vs SA: After struggling a heavy defeat by the hands of South Africa, Team India has been hit with an injury scare ahead of the 2nd and the ultimate match of the Test sequence. India have been blown away with an ideal all-round present from the Proteas in the primary match in Centurion as the hosts registered an enormous innings and a 32-run win over the guests. 

However, bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur was hit on his shoulder whereas he was coaching on Saturday in Centurion ahead of the second Test. Shardul copped a blow to his left shoulder whereas he was batting and going through throwdowns from a help employees member. While the all-rounder continued to bat, he didn’t flip as much as bowl. 

Shardul was seen in ache and discomfort after the blow. As he didn’t bowl, he put an ice pack on his shoulder. Notably, the magnitude of Shardul’s injury has not been decided as of now and scans shall be taken if required. 

India are already with out Mohammed Shami and Ruturaj Gaikwad, each of whom have been dominated out of the Test sequence as a result of accidents. They missed Ravindra Jadeja in the primary Test as he had again spasms. Shami, who was instrumental in India’s marketing campaign in the ODI World Cup 2023, picked up an ankle injury and is on the restoration highway. Meanwhile, Gaikwad was not half of the World Cup however he was picked for the whole South Africa tour, which included three T20Is, as many ODIs and two Tests. However, Gaikwad picked a finger injury in the second ODI of the sequence and was dominated out of the Test sequence. 

Notably, India would fly out to Cape Town for the second Test on Sunday. The hosts have added Abhimanyu Easwaran and Avesh Khan in place of Shami and Gaikwad. Rinku Singh, who was an unofficial half of the squad for the first Test has been launched because of the new entrants offering sufficient choices to select the Playing XI for the second Test.

Shardul couldn’t impress a lot with both the bat or ball as he made solely 24 and a pair of with the bat after which completed with figures of 19-2-101-1.

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