In a major blow to India, star batsman Shikhar Dhawan was, on Tuesday, all but ruled out of the World Cup after sustaining a left thumb fracture. A BCCI source told PTI that Dhawan had sustained a fracture and it might take a month for him to fully recover. Dhawan was the hero of India’s win over Australia on Sunday with a knock of 117 off 109 balls. He played through pain after being hit on his left thumb by a rising delivery from pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile and would be sitting out of India’s next match against New Zealand here on Thursday. But the team management might push for Mumbai batsman and India A captain Shreyas Iyer as he is a specialist No.4 batsman.

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2019 08:57 UTC