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Team India suffered a fresh injury scare ahead of the T20 World Cup as pacer Harshit Rana walked off the field during the warm-up clash against South Affrica on Wednesday. He bowled just one over during the match in which he gave away 16 runs. After the end of the over, Harshit looked to be in visible discomfort and was seen clutching his knee before limping off the field.
The 24-year-old looked to be in distress during his over as well and pulled out of his delivery stride on two different occasions. He didn't take the field again after walking off, raising questions about his fitness. With the T20 World Cup being right around the corner, it would be a huge blow for India if Harshit gets ruled out. An official statement from the BCCI is awaited.
India's injury concerns
India are already dealing with other injury setbacks as all-rounder Washington Sundar is yet to get back into action after sustaining a rib injury during the first ODI against New Zealand. He is ffacing a race against time to regain full fitness by the time the T20 World Cup begins.
On the other hand, Tilak Varma has also just returned from the groin injury that had kept him out of action from the T20I series against New Zealand. He featured for India A during their warm-up match against USA and allso played for the senior team during the match against South Africa. The left-hand batter scored 45 runs during the match and even bowled one over, conceding only nine runs.
India come out victorious against South Africa
Meannwhile, the Men in Blue came out on top in the clash against South Africa. The hosts posted a mammoth total of 240/6 on the board in 20 overs and restricted the Proteas to 210/7. Ishan Kishan was the star performer, scoring 53 runs from just 20 deliveries while Abhishek Sharma surprising proved to be the pick of the bowlers, recording figures of 2/32 in his three-over spell. They will be looking to maintain this form in the T20 World Cup that is all set to begin from February 7.
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India's squad for T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh
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