India cricket team will be without the services of all-rounder Washington Sundar in the ENG vs IND 3rd ODI at Lord’s on Sunday. The Tamil Nadu star sustained a hamstring injury while batting in the 2nd ODI in Cardiff, forcing him to stay off the field in the 2nd innings. Sundar’s injury comes as the latest blow to India who are already without the services of Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy – the former picking up an injury before the end of the T20I series, while the latter is yet to recover completely.
Washington Sundar ruled out of ENG vs IND 3rd ODI
As per news agency PTI, Washington Sundar has been ruled out of the ENG vs IND 3rd ODI and is likely to be out of action for some time. The incident occured when the all-rounder was batting and took his first run after hitting the ball towards mid-off. Washi seemed to have pulled his hamstring, making it difficult for him to run between the wickets. Two deliveries later, he was caught behind b Jos Buttler, perishing after scoring just 2 from 5 balls.
Sundar came out to bat at number 6 folowing the dismissal of Virat Kohli. Iyer and the former Indian captain had stitched together a 67-run partnership for the 4th wicket and it was important for India to have another big partnership. However, that was not the case as Sundar was injured. Speaking at the post-match press conference, India cricket team batting coach Sitanshu Kotak explained that the injury to the all-rounder prevented India from having a good partnership, thereby preventing them from setting a challenging target.
“I personally felt that Washington’s injury, which he had after he took his first run at mid-off and (injured) his hamstring. It looks like an injury. And then, next ball he got out. From there, we again wanted a partnership, but unfortunately we lost Axar Pate and Shivam Dube,” Kotak said.
Meanwhile, captain Shubman Gill said that Sundar’s injury came as a momentum loss for the team as they were forced to change their strategies. He noted that Washi was a key part of the team who could have played a part in reducing the pressure while batting had he not been injured.
“You know, he’s a key part of our team. I think he got injured while he was batting, taking that run to mid-off and maybe it would have played a part, squeezing in the pressure. We had to bowl our main bowlers throughout the inning. But I don’t think it would have made a really big difference because the ball was doing for the fast bowlers. But when you lose a key player like that, you have to change your strategies, you have to change who’s going to bowl. So in terms of that, yes, there was a bit of momentum loss for us,” Gill said.
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