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Watch: David Warner presents injured net bowler with Australia World Cup shirt

Watch: David Warner presents injured net bowler with Australia World Cup shirt

David Warner

DavidWarnergave net bowler Jaykishan Plaha a signed Australia World Cup shirt on Saturday, a week after hitting the paceman in the head with a drive during a practice session at the Oval.

Australia halted their training session after the incident and Plaha was taken to hospital for checks, which showed no major injury.

The left-handed batsman met Plaha ahead of Australia's game against Sri Lanka at the same venue and presented him with an autographed team shirt.

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"Last week, Jaykishan Plaha was hit on the head by a DavidWarnerdrive during an Australia training session," said a post on the official World Cup Twitter feed.

"Today,Warnermet both Jaykishan and his mum before play, presented Jaykishan with an Australia shirt and wished him a speedy recovery."

Australia captain Aaron Finch said last week thatWarnerwas "pretty shaken-up" after the net bowler was felled.

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"Warnergave me his match shirt from the World Cup. Really appreciate it. What happened was that I got hit on the head by DavidWarneron the front drive," Plaha said in a video posted on Twitter.

"Glad to be standing here actually. Hope to be back on the field soon. My dream is to be a professional cricketer as well."

Warner, who has returned from a ball-tampering ban along with teammate Steve Smith, has scored 281 runs at the World Cup in five matches so far, including a century and two fifties.

Australian cricket was plunged into mourning in 2014 when Test batsman Phillip Hughes died after being hit on the base of the skull during a domestic match.

Warnerwas playing in that match, between New South Wales and South Australia.