World Cup: The standby players if Shikhar Dhawan is ruled out
Shikhar Dhawan
Indian opener Shikhar Dhawaninjured his left thumb and it is expected that he will miss India's next two Cricket World Cup matches against New Zealand and Pakistan, however, there is no official statement yet from India's cricket board.
Dhawan sustained an injury while playing against Australia on Sunday at the Oval after being hit on the thumb by a rising delivery from pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile. He went onto play a match-winning knock of 117 runs against the Aaron Finch-led side, which helped India secure a 36-run victory. Dhawan didn't take the field due to the injury during the match and Ravindra Jadeja fielded in his place for the entire 50 overs.
He underwent scans here in which the fracture came to light.
As per the latest update, Dhawan has gone to Leeds for further assessment and he is being assessed by the Indian team's physio Patrick Farhart. An update will be provided after finishing the process, wrote the CricketCountry website.
Although, a BCCI source told PTI that Dhawan has sustained a fracture and it might take a month for him to fully recover. The World Cup, which started May 30, ends on July 14.
TheICC rules and regulation say that a team will get a replacement only if the player is sidelined for the entire tournament.
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In case Dhawan is out for the entire tournament, designated standbys Rishabh Pant and Ambati Rayudu are in contention to replace him but the team management might push for Mumbai batsman and India A captain Shreyas Iyer as he is a specialist No.4 batsman. Iyer is currently in England.
If he is out for one-two matches, then in the absence, KL Rahul, who is India's back-up opener, might open the innings with Rohit Sharma and either Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar will get a chance to play at number four spot.
(With inputs from PTI)