Shubman Gill “concerned” with players reporting unfit after every 2-3 games

LONDON: (Jul 20) India’s ODI skipper Shubman Gill has criticised the injury breakdown of his bowlers after “every second or third game”, questioning whether they are taking their fitness seriously with a marathon tournament like World Cup coming up next year.

The Indians went down 1-2 to England in a three-match ODI series, losing by 27 runs in the deciding third game on Sunday. Before the start of the series, two pace bowling all-rounders — Hardik Pandya and Nitish Reddy — were ruled out due to injuries.

Budding bowling all-rounder Harshit Rana also sustained a hamstring tear during the T20I series, ruling him out of the ODIs. In the second ODI, Washington Sundar complained of hamstring injury while Jasprit Bumrah developed an impact injury in the second game and missed the series-decider.

Source: PTI News

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