Navdeep Saini injured himself in the last ball of the 18th over during the match against Chennai Super Kings. Later, Royal Challengers Bangalore physio said that he is not sure when Saini would fully recover.
Similar injury
Navdeep Saini injured his right-hand thumb off the last ball of the 18th over of Chennai Super Kings innings and walked off the field. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s head physiotherapist Evan Speechly later confirmed the seriousness of the injury and said fast bowler Navdeep Saini split his webbing. “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,” said Speechly.
Speechly also added, “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.”
Not sure of recovery status
However, the physio went on to explain that comparing injuries is not possible. It depends on a lot of aspects. He explained further, “Unfortunately you cannot compare the two injuries. Some people can manage it and some can’t”
The physio is also unsure about Saini’s recovery. He added that because of the kind of injury Saini developed, it is not easy to comment on when he should be good to go. “Its 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”, opined the RCB head physio.
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