Rajasthan Royals suffered an injury blow on Thursday when seamer Sandeep Sharma was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with a fractured finger. RR said in a statement that the right-arm pacer continued bowling despite the injury and the franchise will look for a replacement “actively”.
“ has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a fracture in his finger,” said in the statement.
“He showed immense bravery to continue bowling with this injury in the last match and everyone at the franchise wishes him a full and speedy recovery.” “The team management is actively working on finalising his replacement, post which an official announcement will be made,” the franchise added.
Clapping for this warrior who fractured his finger but still put his body on the line to complete his spell for the team! 💗
Get well soon Sandy and comeback stronger 💪
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
“Couple of changes, Hasaranga has a niggle, Kumar Kartikeya comes in, Sandy (Sandeep Sharma) bhai has broken his finger so Madhwal comes in,” stand-in skipper Riyan Parag said during the toss against the .
Sharma featured in each of the 10 matches so far for the Royals and claimed nine wickets including a best of 2/21. Rajasthan is already without the services of skipper Sanju Samson who hasn’t played for the franchise since going off injured in a match against the last month. He had scored 224 runs in 7 outings at an impressive average of 37.33 and a strike rate of 143.59.
The injury bug also bit the as well with also being ruled out of the season due to an injury. The social media handles of Punjab Kings announced on Thursday, “Glenn Maxwell has been ruled out of the remainder of the season due to a finger injury.” This is a fresh setback for the Punjab Kings — who are chasing their first title this season, under captain — after they lost pacer Lockie Ferguson to a “serious injury ” earlier this month.
