MS Dhoni thumb injury update: Will Dhoni be available for tomorrow’s match vs Sri Lanka | Cricket World Cup 2019

Gurpreet Singh | 05/07/2019
MS Dhoni thumb injury update: Will Dhoni be available for tomorrow's match vs Sri Lanka | Cricket World Cup 2019

MS Dhoni thumb injury update: Will Dhoni be available for India’s last league match of 2019 Cricket World Cup versus Sri Lanka at Headingley?

The fact that MS Dhoni is a vital cog in the Indian batting wheel is a given. No matter how much the fans criticise and ridicule him, his shoes are yet too big for someone to fill in all of a sudden.

Recently, a picture of him spitting blood during India’s match against England at Edgbaston did quite some rounds on social media, making his fans worried regarding his availability in the upcoming matches of the World Cup, which has now reached its business end.

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He in fact, was hit on his thumb while batting against England in a losing cause, and was seen sucking his thumb while heading back towards the dressing room alongside Kedar Jadhav.

Is MS Dhoni’s injury too serious?

For the concerned fans, there is nothing to worry about , as the sources in privy to the latest development have confirmed the same. As per the sources, his thumb is alright and moreover, for a person who has played more than 300 ODIs, small niggles as such do not bother him at all.

“Hai toh pahadi, woh yodha hai (he hails from the mountains and is a warrior). After more than 300 ODIs, do you think these little things even bother him? He has an amazing capacity to ignore pain. But more importantly, his finger is fine and there is nothing to worry about,” a source was quoted as saying by Zee News.

Sources also revealed that Dhoni, being a wicket-keeper throughout his International career is used to taking such blows on his thumb and the rest of his fingers.

Team India will face Sri Lanka at Headingley, Leeds in what would be their last league match before the knock out stages commence from July 9 onwards.

 

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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