Dubai, Oct 26 (UNI) Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer, Navdeep Saini, has suffered injury and is likely to miss next game against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.
Saini suffered the injury during the match against Chennai Super Kings, while attempting to stop the ball off his own bowling - off the last ball in the 18th over - and left the field.
Speaking to RCB TV, the team's head physiotherapist Evan Speechly said Saini received stitches immediately and is being monitored. "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."
Virat Kohli had a similar injury in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2016. Kohli had received eight stitches on his right hand, but continued to play.
He scored an unbeaten 75 in the game against Kolkata and followed it up with a 50-ball 113 in the next game against Kings XI Punjab.
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