“He is not going to be taking the flight to Dharamsala with the staff on twentieth October and can now be a part of the staff straight in Lucknow the place India play England,” the BCCI stated. “He’s suggested relaxation and will probably be below the fixed supervision of the BCCI medical staff.” India play England on October 29, seven days after the New Zealand match.
Pandya injured himself throughout his first over – the ninth of Bangladesh’s innings – when he appeared to twist his ankle whereas making an attempt to cease a shot along with his foot throughout his comply with by way of. He was taken for scans and performed no additional half within the match, and can head to the Nationwide Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for therapy.
“He pulled up a bit sore,” Rohit Sharma stated after the sport in opposition to Bangladesh. “There isn’t any main harm. That’s good for us. However actually, with an damage like that, you have to assess day-after-day. So we simply hope that he pulls up properly tomorrow morning. After which we’ll assess, no matter is required for us to do as a staff, we’ll try this.”
Other than Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav, Pandya is arguably probably the most irreplaceable participant within the India squad due to the all-round function he performs. He’s adequate to play as a specialist batter however his bowling offers India the sixth bowler they badly want. Pandya had bowled 16 overs in India’s first three World Cup matches and brought 5 wickets.
With no like-for-like substitute obtainable, India should change their mixture in opposition to New Zealand. One possibility is to usher in Suryakumar Yadav for Pandya and Mohammed Shami for Shardul Thakur. That, nevertheless, will go away Rohit with simply 5 specialist bowlers.
India have received all their 4 matches within the World Cup thus far and are second on the factors desk, behind table-toppers New Zealand who’re forward on web run price.
