Bloody! Face lined with towel, Rachin Ravindra carried off the sector towards Pakistan – Watch | Cricket Information

Rachin Ravindra (Screengrab)

NEW DELHI: In the course of the first One Day Worldwide (ODI) cricket match towards Pakistan on Saturday, New Zealand’s participant Rachin Ravindra skilled a distressing incident the place he was hit within the head by a cricket ball.
The 25-year-old was positioned at deep sq. leg when the accident occurred, seemingly having issue monitoring the ball underneath the floodlights of Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, as he tried to catch out Pakistan’s Khushdil Shah.

The impression resulted in a visual harm, with Ravindra bleeding from his brow, inflicting fast concern amongst spectators.
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Following the incident, medical personnel attended to Ravindra on the sector, after which he was seen leaving the taking part in space with a bandage utilized to his brow to handle the bleeding.
Together with his face lined in towel, Ravindra, accompanied by safety personnel, was taken off the sector.
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“Ravindra was pressured from the sector after being struck within the brow by the ball trying a catch within the thirty eighth over,” a New Zealand Cricket spokesman advised ESPNCricinfo.
“He sustained a laceration to the brow which has been addressed and handled on the floor, however is in any other case effectively. He got here by way of his first HIA (Head Harm Evaluation) effectively and can proceed to be monitored underneath HIA processes.”

Earlier than the unlucky occasion, Ravindra contributed to his staff’s efficiency by scoring 25 runs off 19 balls. His efforts had been a part of New Zealand’s innings, the place they set a formidable whole of 330-6.
New Zealand finally secured a victory by a margin of 78 runs within the match. This sport was a part of a tri-nation sequence, additionally involving South Africa, serving as preparation for the upcoming Champions Trophy.