T20 World Cup: New Zealand suffer BIG BLOW, Daryl Mitchell in serious doubt for World Cup after fracturing his finger in training

The injury took place in his right hand during his team’s training on Friday. He was immediately sent for X-Ray and Mitchell had fractured his fifth metacarpal.

His hand is already in a cast, and that will only be removed after two weeks or so. It is very unlikely that the player will be able to resume practice and be match fit the World Cup. The Black Caps will play their first game in the World Cup against Australia on October 22. It is exactly 15 days away.

Kane Williamson and his men will leave from their home country after the ongoing T20 tri-series, on 15 October.  Teams can make changes to their squads until October 9, after which any replacements have to be ratified by the international cricket body, ICC.

JUST IN: Daryl Mitchell fractured a finger at training today and has been ruled out of the T20 Tri-Series. His T20 World Cup participation is now seriously in doubt. pic.twitter.com/7GdFlIIGop

— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) October 7, 2022

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead  is still not giving up on the player. He is an important player for the Black Caps. The thinktank will keep a close tab on his recovery timeline and see if he can feature in the tournament on a later date as well.

“It’s a real shame for Daryl to suffer this injury on the eve of an exciting period of cricket for the side,” ICC website quoted Stead saying. “Daryl’s become a really important player to our T20 unit and we’re certainly going to miss his all-round skills and versatility in the tri-series.

“With our first game of the World Cup in just over two weeks we need to take some to consider Daryl’s recovery timeline and his potential involvement in the tournament.”

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