World Cup 2019: Vijay Shankar suffers injury scare ahead of first warm-up match

The all-rounder suffered the injury while batting in the nets ahead of Saturday's warm-up match against New Zealand.

Published : May 24, 2019 22:38 IST , London

Vijay Shankar walked off after being hit on his right forearm while batting in the nets.
Vijay Shankar walked off after being hit on his right forearm while batting in the nets.
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Vijay Shankar walked off after being hit on his right forearm while batting in the nets.

India all-rounder Vijay Shankar suffered an injury scare after being hit in the forearm, forcing him to leave India’s training session midway at the Oval ground here Friday.

The Tamil Nadu all-rounder, who has been tipped as probable No. 4 in the batting order, was hit in the forearm while attempting to pull a short ball from left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed.

Shankar looked in considerable pain and left the nets immediately.

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“Shankar was taken for precautionary scans and a call on his participation in Saturday’s warm-up game against New Zealand will be taken after the reports are out. It may come Friday evening (London time) or Saturday morning,” a BCCI source told PTI .

With Kedar Jadhav’s left shoulder injury already keeping the team management on tenterhooks, Shankar’s injury, if it turns out to be serious, will certainly give Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri sleepless nights.

While Jadhav’s participation in the warm-up game is doubtful, the Maharashtra right-hander did bat at the main nets on the day after taking throwdowns during the first training session.

He is still not bowling at the nets and it was learnt that he was reluctant to bowl at the Chennai Super Kings nets due to his dodgy hamstring.

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