Suryakumar Yadav's splendid knock yet again powered India to a stunning seven-wicket victory against West Indies in the third T20 International on Tuesday (August 2).
Yadav clobbered a rocking 44-ball-76 to help India take 2-1 lead in the five-match series with the the rest of the matches moving to USA's Florida.
But despite winning the third tie, Team India is gasping in the injury scare of its skipper Rohit Sharma who was retired hurt on the score of 11 after suffering a back spasm while chasing a West Indies' competitive target of 165.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), however, has given an update on India skipper's injury as they confirmed that it was in fact a back spasm.
BCCI tweeted, "Team India captain Rohit Sharma has a back spasm. The BCCI medical team is monitoring his progress".
Rohit felt some discomfort after he advanced at fast bowler Alzarri Joseph in the second over, and dragged a four to the fine-leg boundary via a bottom edge. After a brief on-field discussion with the physio Kamlesh Jain, he left the field holding his back.
Rohit, though, hoped to be ready for the fourth T20I, which will be played in Lauderhill on Saturday. The fifth - and final - T20I will also be held in the same venue, on Sunday.
"At the moment, it's [my body] is okay," Rohit said after India secured a 2-1 series lead. "We've got a few days in between the next game, so hopefully [I] should be okay."
India were already depleted by the absence of all-rounder Harshal Patel, who had been sidelined from second and third T20Is in Basseterre with a rib injury. On Tuesday, the visitors also rested Ravindra Jadeja, who had just worked his way back from a knee injury, and handed a game to Deepak Hooda.
Rohit, too, had earlier been rested for the ODI leg of the West Indies tour. Prior to that, he had missed the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston in July after testing positive for Covid-19 during the four-day warm-up game against Leicestershire.
However, talking about the match Rohit credited the bowlers to restrict the Windies to 164 when at one stage they were set to get a lot more, and hailed the Suryakumar show.
"How we bowled in the middle overs was crucial. I thought we used the conditions well. Used the variations well. Was very clinical how we chased. When you watched from the outside, didn't feel a lot of risk was taken, was a lot of calmness in the middle. Surya batted brilliantly, good partnership there with Iyer. The pitch had something in it for the bowlers, not an easy target. Was important to pick the right shots, right balls on a ground like that," Rohit concluded.
