The Indian team is in Ahmedabad for the Super Eight match of the T20 World Cup against South Africa. This match between the two teams will be reminiscent of the final of the 2024 World Cup. The winning team of this match will advance to the semi-finals, but India’s worries have increased before this important match. Even before the World Cup, the team was struggling with the problem of injury to players.
The match against South Africa is important
Jasprit Bumrah and Abhishek Sharma could not play in a match due to ill health, while Harshit Rana had to be ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Mohammad Siraj got a chance to play in place of Harshit. Siraj came to play in India’s first match against America and he also took three wickets. Now India has to face a tough challenge against South Africa, so before that the team’s fast bowler Siraj has got injured.
Siraj got injured on Hardy Pandya’s shot during practice at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The ball hit the knee of Siraj’s left leg. Siraj looked in pain during this time and came out of the nets limping. The Indian team management has given chances to Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh in most of the matches.
Eyes kept on Abhishek during practice
During practice on Friday, all eyes were on Abhishek. Abhishek had a long consultation with coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir was seen giving him many tricks. Later he practiced catching and also spin bowling. Bowling coach Morne Morkel said that there has been no special discussion regarding Abhishek, but we are going through an important phase of the World Cup. We expect good performance from him. He is hitting the ball well. They need a good start. On slow pitches, he said that the curators are trying to give the best pitches.