Lungi Ngidi Injury Update: South African team management gives official update on Ngidi’s injury

Dixit Bhargav | 03/06/2019
Lungi Ngidi Injury Update: South Africa team management gives official update on Ngidi's injury

Lungi Ngidi Injury Update: South Africa team management passed an official update on their fast bowler’s recent injury.

The fifth match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between South Africa and Bangladesh didn’t just see South Africa losing the match but losing another of their player to an injury.

Maintaining the streak, it was fast bowler Lungi Ngidi who succumbed a hamstring injury during the first innings. Having opened the bowling alongside Kagiso Rabada, Ngidi bowled four overs on the trot before feeling some discomfort in his hamstring.

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While Ngidi left the field immediately after completing his fourth over, the reason for the same was unknown at that point in time. It was only after a certain time period that news came out from the South African camp regarding the fast bowler not taking any further part in the match.

The 23-year old cricketer had succumbed to a muscle strain before the recently concluded season of the Indian Premier League. Ngidi had missed IPL 2019 in a bid to recover in time for the World Cup.

In the absence of veteran fast bowler Dale Steyn, Ngidi was expected to share the workload of bowling in death overs alongside Kagiso Rabada. Ngidi not completing his full quota of overs was one of the major reasons behind Bangladesh posting their highest-ever ODI totals.

Lungi Ngidi Injury Update

After the match got over, South Africa Manager and Team Doctor Mohammed Moosajee provided a major update on Ngidi’s availability for the upcoming matches. “Sharp discomfort in left hamstring. Decided not to let him bowl further. Out for a week to ten days. Scans tomorrow,” Moosajee was quoted as saying going by reports in ESPNcricinfo.

South Africa are slated to face India on June 5 and West Indies on June 10. In Ngidi’s absence, South African team management would be hoping for Steyn to attain full fitness ahead of Wednesday’s match.

Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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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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