Shashank Singh got injured while fieldingImage Credit source: PTI
Whoever becomes the champion, whoever wins the award for most runs and wickets, but apart from all this, IPL 2026 will be remembered for the next few years for the injuries of the players. Even before the season started, some big players were out due to injury. This situation continued in the middle of the season and even during the matches, someone got injured at different times. But the story of a player was completely different, who was hit on the head by the ball while fielding and had to leave the field. But as soon as he returned to the field, this player reduced the problems of the team. This player is Shashank Singh.
at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai punjab kings Something like this happened with ICC all-rounder Shashank Singh, when his team was facing Mumbai Indians. In this match, Punjab team was bowling first and got a good start when Arshdeep Singh took the wickets of Ryan Rickleton and Suryakumar Yadav on consecutive balls in the third over itself. After this, Naman Dheer and Quinton De Kock thrashed the Punjab bowlers. Together they made Punjab yearn for wickets.
Shashank injured by Iyer’s throw
But before defeating the bowlers, Punjab created problems for themselves when Shashank Singh got injured, that too at the hands of their own captain. All this happened on the last ball of the sixth over of the innings. Naman Dheer ran quickly for one run on this ball. Whereas Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer tried to run out by throwing the ball towards the stump. He was not successful in this but Shashank, who was deployed to stop the ball on the other side of the stump, got hit by it. In fact, after falling on the ground, the ball suddenly bounced rapidly and hit Shashank hard on his head.
Left the field, then returned and did wonders
Due to this, Shashank needed the help of the medical team and then he had to leave the field. He kept a packet filled with ice on his head, so that he could get some relief. Sitting in the dug out for some time was beneficial and Shashank soon recovered. Then when he returned after recovering, captain Shreyas Iyer handed him the ball after some time and it was beneficial. Shashank brought great relief to the team by dismissing Naman Dheer and ending his explosive 122-run partnership with De Kock.
