Abhishek Sharma in ache after twisting his ankle.© X/@CrazyCricDeep
India opener Abhishek Sharma confronted an harm scare forward of the second T20I in opposition to England as he twisted his ankle throughout the catching drill at nets in Chennai on Friday. Subsequently, Abhishek was checked by group physiotherapist on the sphere earlier than retreating to the dressing room to offer relaxation to his ankle. He was seen barely limping whereas strolling again to the pavilion and didn’t bat at nets both. The 24-year-old spent greater than half an hour with the physio within the dressing room.
Abhishek made a quickfire 79 within the first match in Kolkata the place India scored a facile seven-wicket victory. If Abhishek has to take a seat out of the match on Saturday in Chennai, India have the choices of fielding Washington Sundar or Dhruv Jurel within the eleven.
In that occasion, Tilak Varma can transfer up the order to open with Sanju Samson. India are main the five-match collection 1-0 after successful the primary match in Kolkata by seven wickets.
In the meantime, India spinner Varun Chakravarthy on Friday equated the requirements of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to IPL, and mentioned cricketers ought to end up extra within the home match to enhance their taking part in smarts within the T20 format.
Chakravarthy performed a significant function in India’s seven-wicket conquer England within the first T20I at Kolkata on Wednesday, selecting up three wickets.
His phrases additionally resonated with the imaginative and prescient of India head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar on inserting emphasis on home cricket.
A number of star cricketers similar to India skipper Rohit Sharma and mercurial wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant appeared for his or her respective home groups within the penultimate spherical of the Ranji Trophy.
“The extent of home cricket is extraordinarily excessive. I’d say virtually on par with IPL and the opposite worldwide matches we play. So, I’d recommend everybody to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali as a result of we play on small grounds. It is extremely difficult,” Chakravarthy mentioned throughout the pre-match press convention.
“I discover it very powerful taking part in SMAT. It has positively helped me to get higher, be extra instinctive, be on my toes and assume appropriately on the proper second,” he added.
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