Kedar Jadhav injury: CSK coach provides shocking update ahead of 2019 World Cup

Kedar Jadhav injury: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming opened up on Kedar Jadhav’s injury during the press conference.

During the 55th match of the ongoing 12th season of the Indian Premier League between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings at Mohali, Kings XI Punjab defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets to register their sixth IPL 2019 victory.

Having already qualified for the playoffs, the loss hasn’t affected any of Super Kings’ chances. However, an update which has it in it to affect both them and (potentially) the Indian cricket team is regarding all-rounder Kedar Jadhav getting injured.

It all happened on the second delivery of the 14th over of Punjab’s innings when Nicholas Pooran hit Dwayne Bravo on the off-side. In a bid to stop the overthrows, Jadhav dived at the boundary albeit in not the best of ways. While he did stop the ball, he ended up injuring his shoulder.

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Jadhav was immediately catered to by Super Kings’ physio and was taken out of the field. In a sight which didn’t look pretty in the first go, some hints on the extent of injury have been made public by Chennai coach Stephen Fleming during the post-match press conference.

How Twitter reacted on Kedar Jadhav injury:

“Kedar Jadhav’s getting an x-ray and a scan tomorrow. I don’t think we’ll see him again in this tournament for us. He’s in some discomfort. Fingers crossed that it is nothing too serious but it didn’t look that good” – Stephen Fleming on Jadhav’s shoulder injury #CSK #KXIPvCSK pic.twitter.com/7jHk5sJFHC

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 5, 2019

JUST IN: Kedar Jadhav unlikely to feature in rest of the IPL 2019, says CSK coach Stephen Fleming. He will get X-Ray and scans done tomorrow.

— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) May 5, 2019

Don’t know how this shit asshole survives in International cricket

Kedarjadhav this guy also in the WC team.. RIP for India s world cup dreams..

— *India s No.1 CRICKET EXPERT* (@Actor_bossskey) May 5, 2019

Kedar Jadhav doesn’t go to home. It’s either cricket or hospital. #IPL

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 5, 2019

Kedar Jadhav’s injury has got relevance to an otherwise inconsequential game #KXIPvCSK

— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) May 5, 2019

The 34-year old cricketer is doubtlessly India’s premier batsman at No. 6 for the World Cup. With him also possessing skills to bowl effectively, he is a key to India’s campaign for the tournament. While him missing the rest of IPL 2019 is unfortunate for the defending champions, plethora of Indians would be hoping for Jadhav’s injury not being very serious.

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Dixit Bhargav

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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