Sam Billings Injury Update: Will Billings bat in the 2nd innings of India vs England Pune ODI?

Sam Billings Injury Update: The English batsman injured his shoulder while trying to save a boundary in the first ODI today.

During the first ODI of the ongoing England’s tour of India in Pune, England batsman Sam Billings injured his shoulder while trying to save a boundary.

It all happened on the last delivery of the 33rd over when India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan pulled a Mark Wood delivery with complete control. Billings, who was fielding at deep square leg, ran hard towards his right but failed to stop the boundary as his foot touched the rope when the ball was in his hand.

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In the process, the 29-year old player fell uncomfortably which resulted in his body weight falling on his shoulder. Billings, who was struggling with pain, immediately received medical attention and was subsequently taken off the ground.

Sam Billings Injury Update

Uncapped batsman Liam Livingstone was called on to the field as a replacement for Billings. With Billings not fielding for the remaining part of the Indian innings, there were concerns around his participation in the match especially with the bat in hand.

It was during the Indian innings itself that the English cricket team issued an injury update on Billings hoping for him to bat in the second innings.

“Bilbo [Sam Billings] has sprained his collar bone joint but this is not related to his previous shoulder injury. He’s receiving treatment and we are hopeful he will be able to bat later,” read England Cricket’s tweet.

Really hope Sam Billings is ok there. Dislocated his shoulder fielding ahead of 2019 World Cup.

Bit eerie – Ollie Pope suffered serious shoulder injuries in 2019 and again in 2020 too.

— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp) March 23, 2021

Having scored 315 runs in six innings at an average and strike rate of 78.75 and 95.74 respectively, it is worth mentioning that Billings is England’s highest run-scorer in ODIs in the last one year.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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