Finger fracture rules http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 out of the remainder of England tour – Cricket News Update
India's injury woes continue as the latest episode has seen the right-handed middle order batsman, Rohit Sharma, being ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing five-match One Day International series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Sharma, the 24-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maharashtra-c811 batsman picked up a fracture on the index figure of his right hand during the opening ODI of the series at Chester-le-Street on Saturday, September 3.
The prolific batsman was hit on his hand by a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 delivery in the 38th over of visitors’ innings, the only ball Sharma had faced on Saturday. The batsman left the ground immediately and never came back in the rain hit ODI series
opener. He was retired hurt and was later taken to the nearest hospital for check up.
After thorough examination of the injured hand, a fracture on index finger was confirmed. He has been advised a three-week rest
to completely recover from the injury which means no more Sharma in the ensuing four One Day Internationals.
No official word has yet come from the India team management or the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding Sharma’s availability for the remainder of the series.
Sharma is not the first injury for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 rather it has been a disastrous tour for India as most of their key players have already gone back home after picking up serious injuries at various stages of the ongoing crucial tour.
The players who have already gone back home include the front line pacer of tourists, Zaheer Khan, lanky pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 and the prolific top order trio featuring Virender
Sehwag, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 fractured his left Index finger during Trent Bridge Test while Bhaji sustained a grade 1 abdominal muscle strain during the same Test. Gambhir is struggling against
the elbow injury he had sustained while fielding during the Test leg of the series while Tendulkar has got a tie inury.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-Tiwary-c1890 is the expected replacement for injured Sharma.
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