The Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Navdeep Saini is dicey for the game against Mumbai Indians in the wake of supporting a physical issue in his correct hand. Saini split the webbing of his correct hand during the game against Chennai Super Kings. He attempted to stop the ball while dumbfounding the eighteenth of CSK's innings.
Evan Speechly, RCB’s head physiotherapist, revealed the news while talking to RCB TV after the match. “Saini has split his webbing in the last ball there. He obviously got hit on the thumb on the right hand. He has just split the webbing over there. Fortunately, we had a good hand surgeon, he stitched up nicely. So we could just monitor over the night and check it after getting ready for the next game,” he said.
Virat Kohli endured a comparable physical issue against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2016. Kohli had gotten eight joins in his correct hand before coming to bat. He had played a game dominating innings of 75* runs. In the following game, Kohli had scored 113 in only 50 balls against Kings XI Punjab.
Talking about Virat’s injury, Speechly said: “Virat, four-five years ago, he had it in Kolkata, we managed to stop the bleeding and he smashed a 100 after we got a plastic surgeon who had stitched it.”
Speechly did not confirm when Saini would be fit to return. “Unfortunately you cannot compare the two injuries. Some people can manage it and some can’t. It’s also because Saini’s injury is on his bowling hand so it puts a lot of pressure on him so I cannot be sure when he will be good to go. I am hoping that he will be good to play in the next game and the rest of the tournament,” he said.
Saini has been instrumental in RCB's prosperity so far in the IPL 2020. He has gotten five wickets in 11 games so far in the competition and has surrendering runs at an economic pace of 7.95. RCB is at present put in the third situation in the focuses table with seven of every 11 matches.