IND vs WI Live: Injury scare for India – India received injury blows to their pacer Deepak Chahar and allrounder Venkatesh Iyer in their opening T20I against West Indies at Eden Gardens. Both suffered blows to their hands while trying to stop Kieron Pollard’s shots during the 1st match. They will undergo scans after the match to assess. While Venkatesh returned to bat, their availability will be assessed after the scan reports. Follow India vs West Indies Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Deepak Chahar, who was bought back by Chennai Super Kings for a massive Rs 14 crore in the IPL mega auction 2022, sustained a blow to his right hand while trying to stop a powerful pull shot from opposition skipper Kieron Pollard in the square leg region.
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IND vs WI Live: BIG injury SCARE for India, Deepak Chahar & Venkatesh Iyer suffer blows, to have scans after match
The incident happened in the penultimate over of the match when the Windies skipper looked to fire in all cylinders as Chahar was sent back to the dressing room and could not finish his full quota as Harshal Patel had to bowl the final over. Chahar finished with figures of 3-0-28-1.
IND vs WI Live: BIG injury SCARE for India, Deepak Chahar & Venkatesh Iyer suffer blows, to have scans after match
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India’s pace bowling allrounder Venkatesh Iyer, who bowled a solitary over, also sustained a blow to his right hand after the ball slipped through his hand from a Pollard shot in the 17th over. The duo will have their scans done and it remains to be seen if they will be available for the remainder of the series.
IND vs WI Live: BIG injury SCARE for India, Deepak Chahar & Venkatesh Iyer suffer blows, to have scans after match
Earlier, Nicholas Pooran starred with the bat his knock of 61 runs helped West Indies post 157/7 against India in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
Sent into bat, West Indies got off to a bad start as the visitors lost Brandon King (4) on the fifth ball of the innings. While Nicholas Pooran did steady the ship, Ravi Bishnoi starred on his debut bagging 2/17 to deal a blow.
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In the final four overs, West Indies managed to add 49 more runs to the total, and in the end, the team from the Caribbean posted a score of more than the 150-run mark. Pooran was dismissed by Harshal Patel but it was not before the left-hander played a knock of 61. Kieron Pollard (24*) remained unbeaten for the visitors.
In the end, Rohit Sharma’s 19-ball 40, Suryakumar Yadav’s 18-ball 34 and Venkatesh Iyer’s 13-ball 24 helped India secure a 6-wicket victory and take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
IND vs WI Live: BIG injury SCARE for India, Deepak Chahar & Venkatesh Iyer suffer blows, to have scans after match
