Big Blow For Ben Stokes And Co, England Star Suffers Knee Injury Against India

England’s spin-bowling coach Jeetan Patel revealed that left-arm spinner Jack Leach aggravated his knee harm through the second day of the primary Test in opposition to India on Friday right here in Hyderabad. Leach who’s probably the most skilled spinner among the many 4 injured his knee whereas making an attempt to avoid wasting a boundary on day one. He aggravated his harm on the morning of the second day. As a consequence, Leach simply bowled 16 overs out of 87, bowling at most 4 overs in a spell and in addition leaving the sector to obtain remedy.

“He banged his knee last night, the first dive down at fine leg. Then he banged it again today and it’s giving him a little gyp, to be honest. You noticed in the outfield he was a little sluggish trying to get to balls, but he stuck at it and I thought he actually bowled really, really well considering,” Jeetan mentioned, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

“It must be pretty serious, or serious for him anyway, because the reality is he wouldn’t shirk that responsibility. It is sore enough. You watch him in the outfield and I don’t think it’s a graze. For him to come back and keep bowling the overs he did… I believe he’ll be back in the fourth innings,” Jeetan acknowledged.

“That’s what Jack does for this team, he’ll always put in. But it’s an bit of a shame from where he’s come [recovering from a stress fracture of the back last summer] to dive on one at fine leg and all of a sudden you’re hobbling around. He’ll be back. He’s one of the strongest guys in the team. We’ve had to share the load and I thought the guys did really well,” Jeetan added.

In Leach’s restricted presence, Joe Root took the onus and bowled 25 overs scalping two whereas spilling away 77 runs. He eliminated set batter Yashasvi Jaiswal (80) and Srikar Bharat (41) turning the tides in favour of the guests.

Jeetan was hopeful about Leach’s comeback stating that he had one evening of relaxation and mentioned, “He’s got another night to rest it. He’s a tough bloke and he’ll be raring to go. He’s never going to shirk the responsibility of the job he has, but it’s about being smart as well. We’ve got four Tests to go and another innings at the back end of this game. We need a key man like Jack.”

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)