The veteran Delhi Capitals (DC) fast bowler, Ishant Sharma will be missing the remaining part of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 due to “a left internal oblique muscle tear” in his rib cage, as said by the franchise in a recent media release. Ishant has played just one match for the franchise in this season so far and was troubled by “an acute episode of left rib cage pain” while training on October 7, the release said.

Ishant is the second Delhi player to be ruled out of this season of the IPL after Amit Mishra, the leg spinner, who was sidelined earlier this month due to a finger injury. Delhi is currently standing comfortably at the second position on the points table with 10 points from seven matches even though they lost their last game, against Mumbai Indians on Sunday.

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Sharma has emerged as one of the many injuries the Delhi team has faced this season. He didn’t start for Delhi in their IPL opener on September 20 and in the very first match off-spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin suffered a shoulder injury that kept him out of the next two matches.

Moreover, wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant wasn’t featured in the game against Mumbai game on Sunday due to a hamstring injury. Alex Carey came in as a replacement of Pant behind the stumps. Captain Shreyas Iyer has said that Pant has been advised by the doctor to “rest for a week” meaning the southpaw may miss some of the team’s remaining seven games.

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Ishant has had an injury-prone 2020, having missed the second Test on the tour of New Zealand in February this year due to an ankle injury. His next international assignment is likely to be India’s Test tour of Australia where the team plays four Tests in December-January.