Nitish Kumar Reddy is in danger of being ruled out of the remainder of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy after choosing up a knee damage whereas coaching at the gymnasium.
The Hindu understands that the all-rounder underwent scans, which revealed ligament harm, and the BCCI medical crew is at present monitoring the scenario earlier than making a call about his future.
Nitish skipped the crew’s go to to Manchester United FC, and in addition couldn’t be noticed in the optionally available follow session.
With the sequence on the line, this comes as an enormous blow. With Jasprit Bumrah’s workload in query, Arshdeep Singh struggling a lower on his bowling hand and Akash Deep unlikely to realize full health earlier than the fourth Test, starting on Wednesday, the Indian think-tank now faces a serious problem. Anshul Kamboj linked up with the crew in Manchester on Sunday, after being named as a back-up for Arshdeep.
After sitting out of the series-opener in Leeds, Nitish performed the second and third Tests. Though he did not make an affect in Birmingham, with two runs and no wickets, he took essential wickets of Ben Duckett and Zake Crawley at Lord’s in the first innings, whereas dismissing Crawley once more in the second essay.
So far, India has performed a seam-bowling all-rounder, with Shardul Thakur enjoying the first Test earlier than Nitish featured in the different two.
