The Border Gavaskar Trophy between the teams of India and Australia will start from 22nd November. Before this, Pakistan team is on tour of Australia. The recently played ODI series between the two teams was in the name of Pakistan team. Now both the teams will face each other in the three-match T20 series. The first match of the series will be played on 14 November. But before the start of this series, Australia has suffered a big setback. A young player from Australia is out of this series due to injury.
This player was out of T20 series
Australia’s young all-rounder Cooper Connolly has been ruled out of the T20 series played against Pakistan. Cooper Connolly will not be able to be a part of this series due to a fracture in his left hand. Let us tell you, Cooper Connolly suffered this injury during the last match of the ODI series against Pakistan. He got injured while batting. After the match, a Cricket Australia spokesperson confirmed that Connolly had a fracture of the fourth metacarpal bone of his left hand and that he would undergo a specialist consultation in Perth on Monday. However, Australia has not yet announced the replacement of Cooper Connolly. Cricket Australia will take its decision in the coming days.
Let us tell you, Cooper Connolly was part of the Australia A team for the recent matches against India A, where he participated in the first match of the series in Mackay and scored 37 runs in the first innings. After this he joined Australia’s ODI team. Let us tell you, Cooper Connolly’s injury is also a big blow for the Perth Scorchers team. In fact, BBL is starting after a month i.e. on 15th December, Perth Scorchers team will also keep a close eye on Connolly’s recovery timeline. Apart from this, Western Australia has to play two more Sheffield Shield games before the BBL, for which Connolly was available before the injury.
Injured on Mohammad Hasnain’s ball
Cooper Connolly got this injury on the ball of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain. 21 year old batsman Cooper Connolly became the victim of this incident in the 17th over of the Australian innings. Mohammad Hasnain bowled a bouncer on the third ball of this over, which Connolly went to pull and the ball hit his glove. After which the physio also had to come on the field. But Cooper Connolly’s left hand was so badly damaged that he had to leave the field midway through the batting.
