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Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill (AFP Photo)
NEW DELHI: Washington Sundar’s determination to locomotion retired to bat contempt a disposable wounded during the archetypal ODI against New Zealand successful Vadodara has sparked statement astir the Indian squad management’s handling of injured players.
Sundar was seen limping and struggling to locomotion but inactive came retired to the mediate erstwhile India needed enactment for KL Rahul successful a tense pursuit of 301 runs.The spin-bowling all-rounder was risked contempt his fittingness concerns, and the determination backfired arsenic his wounded worsened. Sundar remained unbeaten connected 7 disconnected 7 balls successful the bid opener, playing a supporting relation arsenic Rahul guided India to a four-wicket win. However, soon aft the match, Sundar was ruled retired of the remainder of the bid and was replaced by Ayush Badoni.
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Sundar’s quality astatine the crease raised respective questions, peculiarly astir the Gautam Gambhir-led squad management’s attack to subordinate welfare. Among those captious of the determination was erstwhile India cricketer Mohammad Kaif, who openly questioned the logic down sending an injured subordinate into the middle.Kaif pointed retired what helium described arsenic a treble standard, drafting parallels with Shubman Gill’s wounded absorption during the South Africa Test series.
He reminded the Indian squad absorption that Gill was rested and not allowed to bat to forestall aggravation of his injury."You volition retrieve erstwhile Shubman Gill was injured, helium did not travel retired to bat successful that Test match, the Kolkata Test. It was a high-scoring crippled and radical thought that adjacent 20 oregon 30 runs from him could assistance India win, but helium inactive did not bat. That was done to springiness afloat extortion to the subordinate truthful the wounded would not aggravate.
But the aforesaid attack was not applied with Sundar. That is wherefore I consciousness it was a incorrect call. KL Rahul's moving betwixt the wickets was affected.
Even though India won the match, I consciousness determination were higher chances of aggravating the wounded successful yesterday's game," Kaif said connected his YouTube channel.Kaif further explained wherefore sending Sundar successful specified a concern carried unnecessary risk."If helium is injured and you request runs astatine a run-a-ball, you should archetypal effort idiosyncratic else.
When a subordinate is injured and you nonstop him successful nether pressure, the wounded tin worsen. He couldn't tally doubles adjacent though the shot was going to heavy constituent oregon quadrate leg, and helium was lone managing singles. Although the required tally complaint was astir a run-a-ball and the lucifer was nether control, I felt that sending an injured subordinate was risky. What mightiness person been a one-week oregon ten-day wounded could agelong to 20, 25, oregon adjacent 30 days," helium added."I judge that was a incorrect call. You could person sent Kuldeep, oregon anyone else, adjacent Siraj oregon Prasidh Krishna, if you conscionable needed to play retired the run-a-ball situation. Only erstwhile it becomes perfectly unavoidable, close astatine the end, should you nonstop Washington Sundar," Kaif asserted.Sundar is portion of India’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2026, which begins connected February 7, making his fittingness a cardinal interest going forward.
