There was no official word from the Indian team management or BCCI about Kohli’s injury but it is sure to keep everyone on the edge of their seats before India’s World Cup opener.
However, there is still enough time for Kohli to recover for Wednesday’s encounter against South Africa
India have had their fair share of injury concerns prior to the World Cup. Vijay Shankar missed India’s first warm-up game against New Zealand after hurting his elbow during a training session and all-rounder Kedar Jadhav is yet to recover from the shoulder injury he picked up during the latter stages of IPL. Jadhav did not take any part in both the warm-up matches.
While Kohli’s men did not have an ideal beginning after they were thrashed by New Zealand in the first warm-up game by 6 wickets but they did manage to make a strong comeback against Bangladesh, beating them by 95 runs in the second warm-up game.
Apart from a few injury scares here and there, another fact that India would wary about is South Africa’s familiarity with the conditions.
The Proteas World Cup campaign will be up and running by the time they face India on June 5. South Africa have already lost their matches against England and Bangladesh. India, on the hand, will start from scratch.
Posted on June 3, 2019
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