According to The Indian Express, the fast bowler cut his bowling hand during the nets session on Thursday. He injured himself in an attempt to stop the ball shot by Sai Sudarshan. The physiotherapist was seen applying stitch of his hand and now it seems that this injury will exclude him for some time.
The fourth Test between India and England will be played in Manchester from 23 July.
India’s assistant coach, Ryan Ten Doshet had earlier said, “Arshadeep hit a ball while bowling, Sai hit a ball and he tried to stop it and it is just a cut. We have to see how bad the cut is. Obviously, the medical team has taken him to the doctor and if he needs a stitch or not, it will be important for our next few days plan.”
Injury increased Team India’s concern
India is 2–1 in the series and is the worst time to be affected by injuries. Although Arshdeep has not yet made his Test debut, he was a better option to rotate with Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj. Meanwhile, if Akash Deep also gets out, India will have to return to the famous Krishna, which looked uncomfortable in the first two Tests. Taking six wickets in four innings. Kuldeep Yadav is another option but the spinner is not currently seen in the strategy of coach Gautam Gambhir.
India is already worried about the availability of Rishabh Pant. The left -arm wicketkeeper hurt his finger while wicketkeeping in the third Test at Lord’s. Ten Doshet said that if he cannot do wicketkeeping, he will play as a batsman, but it would mean that India will have to bring Dhruv Jurael in any way, so that a batsman will have to be excluded.
