Mitchell Marsh has been sidelined with a hamstring injury, which Delhi Capitals (DC) assistant coach Pravin Amre known as a “worrying signal” for the group.
“A couple of of our gamers are injured, and the worrying signal is Mitch Marsh,” Amre stated after DC’s 29-run loss away to Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday. “He has gone for a scan and the physios will give us a report in a week’s time. Then we’ll come to know what the precise scenario is. Whether or not he can [play the entire season] or not depends upon the stories.”
Marsh began IPL 2024 opening the batting alongside David Warner, however dropped to No. 3 when Prithvi Shaw was picked in DC’s third sport of the season. Of their fourth sport, in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders, Marsh picked up the injury throughout his three-over spell of 1 for 37, as Sourav Ganguly revealed on Saturday throughout a press convention. Marsh walked out to bat within the chase, however fell to Mitchell Starc for a two-ball duck.
Together with DC, the Australia group administration may also be frightened concerning the injury, since Marsh is known to be a lock-in to steer Australia at the T20 World Cup in June.
Marsh has a historical past of accidents and, so far as the IPL is anxious, has performed solely 42 video games in what’s now his eighth season. There was a cloud over his participation in IPL 2022 too, however he did find yourself enjoying eight video games for DC. Previous to that, in IPL 2020, when with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), he was dominated out of the event after hurting his ankle of their first match of the season, and he opted out of SRH’s marketing campaign in IPL 2021 citing bubble fatigue.
Kuldeep Yadav has additionally been out of motion for DC due to a groin niggle – the MI sport was the third he has missed in a row.
Amre anticipated Kuldeep to overlook “one or two video games” extra, however stated that Mukesh Kumar, who has additionally missed two matches, ought to return in DC’s subsequent match, on Friday in Lucknow in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants.
“We’ve to start out profitable however have been set again by a few accidents,” Amre stated after DC’s fourth defeat in 5 matches. “Within the first sport, Ishant [Sharma] could not bowl two overs. Then Mukesh acquired injured. Kuldeep has not performed three video games. Marsh has a hamstring injury. They’re our fundamental gamers and whoever comes [in for them], they aren’t as efficient as a result of it’s like A gamers vs B gamers there.”
