Injury scare for Vijay Shankar on the eve of India's first warm-up

[vvvslaxman]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26813891/injury-scare-vijay-shankar-eve-india-first-warm-up

 

Injury scare for Vijay Shankar on the eve of India's first warm-up

 

On the eve of their first warm-up match of the World Cup, India suffered an injury scare with allrounder Vijay Shankar leaving the training session midway after being hit on his right hand. Vijay was hit on the forearm while attempting a pull against left-arm fast bowler Khaleel Ahmed, who is among the four quicks travelling with the Indian squad as net bowlers.

Vijay, who was part of the second group of batsmen alongside MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya, immediately walked back to the dressing room carrying two bats in his left hand. There is no official word yet from the BCCI on whether Vijay would need any scans and whether he would be available for the warm-up fixture against New Zealand on Saturday.

India would hope Vijay's injury is not serious considering Kedar Jadhav is yet to hit full tilt in the training. Jadhav, who picked up a left shoulder injury during the IPL on May 5, was retained in the 15-man squad by the selectors based on a positive assessment by team physiotherapist Patrick Farhart.

India trained at the Oval on Thursday and Friday, and on both days Jadhav started with light drills with Farhart following him like a shadow. On Thursday, Jadhav took some throwdowns without batting in the main nets. However, on Friday, he did the complete drill, including some fielding practice, before wrapping it by batting in the nets.

Jadhav, though, is likely to sit out of the warm-up game against New Zealand. If Vijay recovers, he is set to bat at No.4, the position MSK Prasad, Indian chairman of selectors, had said the allrounder was ideal for while announcing the World Cup squad.

In case Vijay does not play, then it is likely that KL Rahul would replace him. Rahul, who was part of the last batch of batsmen in India's second training session, was included in the squad mainly as the cover for the openers, but Prasad said he was equally capable of batting in the middle order.

Edited May 24, 2019 by vvvslaxman

[vvvslaxman]

KL Rahul was not going to be in the starting XI? I thought it was going to be between Shankar and Jadhav.

[zen]

#4 candidate can’t handle Khaleel in the nets 

[Suhaan]

Biryani padhwa raha hai kuch

[prasen82]

Is he really injured or just a ploy to get him out of the team ??

[vvvslaxman]

40 minutes ago, prasen82 said:

Is he really injured or just a ploy to get him out of the team ??

It is like watching sas bahu serial :) Predictable storyline.

[prasen82]

It is like watching sas bahu serial :) Predictable storyline.

Next is jadhav...

I feel they will get Pant and maybe nitish Rana/ Gill as wildcard.

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[Clarke]

KL has to solidify his spot in a game or two.

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

 

 

 

 

[Straight Drive]

Aa long as the main players stay away from injury it's fine. Anyways he is not even a certain starter , rather more as backup in squad. So not much issue even if he is unavailable

[vishalvirsingh]

On 5/25/2019 at 12:57 AM, zen said:

#4 candidate can’t handle Khaleel in the nets 

Vijay is ok for #6 as a batsman ..definitely not a #4..v shud play kl Rahul in main matches.

Jaddu looks in full form which indicates he should play ahead of Vijay.

[vvvslaxman]

7 hours ago, vishalvirsingh said:

Vijay is ok for #6 as a batsman ..definitely not a #4..v shud play kl Rahul in main matches.

Jaddu looks in full form which indicates he should play ahead of Vijay.

Jaddu is a no.8 batsman at best. not no.6. India will implode once the top 3 is gone. Jaddu vs Kuldeep/Chahal not Jaddu vs Shankar. 

[vvvslaxman]

 

 

 

Poor guy that got trolled very badly. Very down to earth guy. Wish him well in the WC. Interesting fact.

Hardik took Shankar's place in INdia A team when Shankar got injured. At the international level roles reversed :)

Edited May 28, 2019 by vvvslaxman