Indian captain's scare ahead of WC semi final

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India suffered a large wounded scare 2 days retired from its T20 World Cup semi last against England.

Captain and opening batter Rohit Sharma was deed connected the close manus and wrist by a accelerated transportation during a nett session, and had to beryllium attended to by squad physios.

He exited the nett instantly aft being hit, and was attended to for astir fractional an hour, during which helium had crystal connected his forearm.

He yet returned to the net and faced throwdowns.

India takes connected England astatine Adelaide Oval connected Thursday nighttime for a spot successful the tourney final, wherever the victor volition look either New Zealand oregon Pakistan, who play connected Wednesday.

The nonaccomplishment of Sharma would person been a slayer stroke to the Indians.

Stream each the large matches from the men's T20 World Cup, including the finals, unrecorded and escaped on 9Now.

The skipper averages 31.36 successful T20I cricket, and whacked 53 against the Netherlands successful Sydney a fortnight ago.

He was 1 of 3 squad members who attended an optional grooming league connected Tuesday, alongside Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik.

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