Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer was hit flush on his wrist by a shot hit by teammate Cooper Connolly on Tuesday in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match vs the Gujarat Titans. He looked in considerable pain as the physio checked on him and was dismissed on the very next delivery.
After the match though, Iyer said that the wrist was the same as it was before and he did not want to jinx anything. “All I can say, it’s nice. It’s the same as it was before. I don’t want to jinx anything. I just want to stay positive and hopefully everything comes out right,” he said in the post-match presentation ceremony when asked about the injury.
After the match though, Iyer said that the wrist was the same as it was before and he did not want to jinx anything. “All I can say, it’s nice. It’s the same as it was before. I don’t want to jinx anything. I just want to stay positive and hopefully everything comes out right,” he said in the post-match presentation ceremony when asked about the injury.
The skipper, who scored 18, said that he was inside icing his hand when Punjab suffered a mini collapse, losing Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh and Marcus Stoinis inside 5 runs.
Honestly speaking, I was focused on my hand inside, icing it and then suddenly we lost two wickets back-to-back. These things happen in the IPL and you have to remain calm and composed in such situations. So the message was pretty simple. Just take the game to the end and Cooper was there. He was pretty much set. And he’s got a great awareness as a player. I’ve seen him in the past as well, playing for Australia. He’s got a great mindset and hopefully he continues with the same form,” he said.