Daredevils prepared to wait on injured Ross Taylor – Cricket News Update
The IPL franchise, Delhi Daredevils, is unlikely to seek a replacement for injured New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor, who broke his forearm during the drawn third Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in Wellington earlier this week.
Taylor, the 28-year-old middle-order batsman from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 on the fourth day of the Wellington Test, ruling him out of the remainder of the Test match. X-rays confirmed a fracture
and Taylor underwent a surgery on Tuesday.
Confirming Taylor’s surgery, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 Cricket's medical director, Ian Murphy, had revealed that the right-handed middle-order batsman might take four weeks to start training again. Hence ruling him out of the initial stages of the just to begin lucrative
Indian Premier League (IPL), starting in Chennai on April 4.
A senior http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils official told the media reporters on Tuesday that the franchise was closely following Taylor’s injury and is hopeful that he will be fit for the final stages of the high-profile Twenty20 tournament.
"We have got a full update on Ross Taylor's injury. His surgery has gone well and he is expected to be fit for training after four weeks,” said a senior Daredevils officials during a media encounter after Tuesday’s training session at the Feroz Shah Kotla
stadium.
“We are not exactly seeking any replacement for Taylor as of now. May be he will be available during the final stages of the tournament but we are prepared to wait," he added further.
The Daredevils had bought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals during IPL’s trading window last month.
Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 at home in early February.
The franchise will be also without the likes of hard-hitting Australian opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 in the initial few matches, as all of them will be on national duty.
The tournament gets underway on April 4, with a match between Chennai Super Kings and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians, while Daredevils will play their tournament opener against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 5.
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