The veteran Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) fast bowler, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be missing the remaining part of the ongoing part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a hip injury that he sustained during their win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Speaking to ANI, sources in the team confirmed that the fast bowler as been ruled out of the tournament from the cash-rich league due to the injury.

The source had explained, “Bhuvi will not be able to take further part in this year’s tournament as he has been ruled out with a hip injury. A big blow for sure as he is someone who leads the bowling unit and is also an integral part of the leadership group on the ground.”

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Bhuvneshwar suffered the injury and immediately decided to go back o the pavilion in the 19th over. He did try to bowl and had to stop in his stride twice before the physio decided that he needed to walk off and would take further part in the game.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar ruled out of IPL with hip injury

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During the post-match press conference, Warner had said, “I am not too sure, have to speak to the physio, can answer this ques when we have more information.”

At the toss in the next game against Mumbai Indians on Sunday, Warner had assured that Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be missing a couple of games. But the hip injury will see him miss the season as he is also an integral part of India’s plans for the series against Australia that follows the IPL.

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India plays a full series against Australia for which the players will be flying our for a 4-match Test series, followed by a limited-overs series. While Virat Kohli and boys were initially set to start with a T20I series with an eye on the T20 World Cup, but that plan was dropped as the coronavirus pandemic saw the showpiece event being postponed.