Captain Rohit Sharma suffered a wrist injury just two days before the semi-finals of India and England in the T20 World Cup. Rohit was batting in the nets on Tuesday morning. Then he hit the ball at a speed of more than 150 km.
Rohit immediately grabbed his wrist and walked out of the nets. Came back after about 40 minutes and batted. When the media questioned the injury, the BCCI official said that the injury is not too serious and that Rohit is ready for the match.
This is good news for Team India and Indian fans because on November 10, India will play a semi-final match against England in Adelaide. Rohit’s role as captain and opener will be very important.
Why is the armor bowling that injured him important for practice?
- Batsmen practice with a bowling stick or armor so that they can get used to playing deliveries at speeds above 150.
- When a bowler throws the ball, the ball usually falls below 8 meters at the time of release. Armor increases this height even more. Armor can make the ball swing at a much faster speed.
- Balls can be thrown with high speed through armor because they are not thrown by the traditional bowling action i.e. rotating the whole hand. In this, the balls are thrown and the speed increases.
Throwing balls with a speed of more than 150 with armor
When Rohit went to bat at the nets at the Adelaide Oval, throwdown expert S Raghu was throwing balls at him with armor. Raghu was bowling to Rohit at a speed of more than 150 km so that he would not face any problems in front of English bowlers like Mark Wood in the semi-finals.
When Rohit went to hit the pull shot, the ball hit the wrist
The match takes place on a pitch of 22 yards but during practice, S Raghu was bowling the ball to Rohit from a distance of 18 yards. Raghu threw a short ball through armor, whose speed was 150 plus. Rohit tries to hit the bridge and misses the ball.
The ball went straight to Rohit’s wrist. As soon as the ball hit the wrist, Rohit immediately started moaning in pain. The medical team at the nets immediately examined the injury. After this Rohit left the nets and went out.
Rohit kept on soaking with the ice of the injury
After the injury, Rohit remained sitting outside the nets. He kept on soaking his injury with ice. He had put a big icing bag on the injury. During this, mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton was in constant conversation with him.