Team doesn't want to rush allrounder who may play with injections in business end of tournament
NEW DELHI: The Indian team management has got down to reworking its plan for the rest of the World Cup campaign after it has emerged that Hardik Pandya's participation in all the remaining matches has come under jeopardy. TOI has learnt that Hardik is suspected to have a Grade 1 ligament tear in his ankle which he suffered while trying to field off his own bowling during the match against Bangladesh in Pune on October 19.
"The medical team under Nitin Patel is monitoring him at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. But the injury looks a bit more serious than what was first perceived. It looks like he has suffered a minor ligament tear which usually takes at least two weeks to heal. The NCA will not release him before his injury heals. The medical team has communicated to the team management that they are hopeful of putting him back on the pitch soon," a BCCI source told TOI on Wednesday, adding, "The team doesn't want to bring in a replacement. It's ready to wait for Pandya."
