India Tour of England – Aversh Khan Injured: Young fast bowler Avesh Khan’s tour of England is set to end abruptly after being ruled out of India’s warm-up first-class game against County XI due to a left-thumb fracture he sustained on the opening day of the match in Durham. Not only India tour of England – doubts are also being raised on his participation for IPL 2021 Phase 2 for Delhi Capitals.
UPDATE – Fast bowler Avesh Khan remains under observation of the BCCI Medical Team. He will not be taking any further part on Day 2 and Day 3 of the warm-up game. https://t.co/Owc7fQpBL0
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India Tour of England: Avesh Khan almost out of India Tour of England with fractured thumb
India Tour of England – Aversh Khan Injured: Khan, the right-arm fast bowler, represented the County XI side after a few of their players went on mandatory isolation for coming in contact with Covid-19 positive people.
A senior BCCI official informed that Khan, who was a stand-by player, could be out for a considerable period of time due to the injury and the Indian team management will have at least one net bowler short going into the Test series, starting August 4 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
“Avesh is not likely to take any further part in the series, leave alone this game. It’s a thumb fracture. He will not be bowling for at least a month and after that rehabilitation is likely to start. In another three days, the picture is supposed to get clearer,” the BCCI source said.
The BCCI on Wednesday didn’t elaborate on the exact nature of the injury but stated: “Fast bowler Avesh Khan remains under observation of the Medical Team. He will not be taking any further part on Day 2 and Day 3 of the warm-up game.”
It is worth noting that Avesh Khan had a super-succesful season with Delhi Capital in IPL 2021. He picked 14 wickets for DC @ 16.5.
India Tour of England – Aversh Khan Injured: Khan got injured while bowling the penultimate delivery of his 10th over during the post-lunch session on Tuesday when he stopped a rasping bowler’s back-drive from Hanuma Vihari on reflex with his left hand.He was seemingly in great pain and immediately sought medical help and one of the commentators on Durham’s YouTube channel said that it seemed as if there has been a dislocation of the thumb.
The 24-year-old has 100 wickets from 26 first-class games and many believed that he could have made his Test debut at some point with five Test matches on the anvil.
India Tour of England – Aversh Khan Injured: Indians has steadied the ship after losing early wickets in the match. The visitors have scored more than 250 runs on day one of the warm-up game. In the second session, KL Rahul and Jadeja helped India recover as the duo took visitors to 188/4 at the end of Tea.
At the start of the session, an impatient shot by Hanuma Vihari resulted in his dismissal as the batsman failed to capitalise on the chance of making it big in the warm-up game.
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