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- Jadeja underwent surgery after a knee injury
- Ravindra Jadeja ruled out of ICC T20 World Cup
- The board was also annoyed by Jadeja’s negligence
Left-arm all-rounder Jadeja has been ruled out of this year’s ICC T20 World Cup in Australia due to surgery following a knee injury. Jadeja, who became a star player along with Hardik Pandya in the match against Pakistan, got injured during the Asia Cup. Then he could not play in the Super-4 match.
Jadeja slips, seriously injuring his knee
A BCCI official said that before the Super-4 match, most of the Indian team players took part in an adventure activity in the sea in front of a Dubai hotel where they had to self-balance on a ski-board. Meanwhile, Jadeja slipped and suffered a serious knee injury. This fun at sea team had no training and no need for this kind of fun. It is to be noted that Jadeja returned to Mumbai and BCCI’s consultant Senior Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Surgery was done under the supervision of Dinesh Paradivala.
Officials angry with management
The official of the board questioned that if the major event is coming at the end of the year, was this ski-board activity necessary? Some board officials are upset with the management and have not made any official inquiry as to how Jadeja’s injury happened but sources close to the team have hinted that Jadeja’s injury is serious. Questions are being raised on this process of Dravid. The Indian team will now tour Australia without Jadeja. The Indian team has been eliminated from the Asia Cup and neither the team management nor the coach Rahul Dravid have failed to find a replacement for Jadeja.
A hint that the World Cup squad will be announced on September 16
There are indications that the BCCI will announce its probable list of players for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on September 16. With the World Cup approaching, the team management has become concerned about pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness. He is out of the squad due to a back problem. On the other hand, Harshal Patel is also still not fully recovered from the rib injury. Both the players are undergoing a rehabilitation program at the Bangalore-based National Cricket Academy. India has no more experienced pace bowler than Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Team management urgently needs to find substitutes for injured players.