IND vs AUS: Matthew Renshaw Sent For Scans After Picking Up Knee Injury In Nagpur Test

Australia batter Matthew Renshaw has been taken to the hospital on the second day of the primary Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia on the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium (VCA) in Nagpur. “After being trapped lbw Ravindra Jadeja for a golden duck on the opening day of Australia’s four-Test tour, Renshaw hurt his knee in the warm-up before play on day two. The 26-year-old left the VCA Stadium on Friday morning to undergo scans, with Ashton Agar taking his place on the field as India batted in their first innings,” Cricket Australia stated in a press release.

All-rounders Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc are already out with finger accidents, and Josh Hazlewood can be unable to play because of an Achilles difficulty.

Renshaw, who had been reintegrated into the workforce for the Sydney Test final month, stored his spot for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence opener when Travis Head and Green had been dismissed, whereas Peter Handscomb was additionally introduced again to bat within the center order.

Having a full complement of batsmen may very well be important when Australia bats within the second innings as they attempt to claw their means again into the Test.

For Renshaw, who contracted COVID-19 throughout his return on the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) final month and was pressured to isolate himself utilizing a distinct changeroom from colleagues, it’s the second consecutive mid-Test catastrophe.

During Australia’s earlier tour to India in 2017, the batter additionally had his first Test overseas famously interrupted when a abdomen sickness pressured him to retire harm and have a rest room break whereas batting in Pune.

Australia hopes Green and Starc will probably be out there for the second Test in Delhi on this journey.

While Starc has remained in Sydney to proceed his restoration, Green has been progressively growing his coaching over the previous few weeks. Starc will reunite with the workforce within the Indian capital the next week.

The probabilities of Hazlewood enjoying there are much less clear, however the paceman might need a greater likelihood for the ultimate two video games in Dharamsala and Ahmedabad.

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