The 2023 Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-final between Tamil Nadu and Haryana in Rajkot on December 13 saw Baba Indrajith receive a ton of appreciation from the cricket community despite going out to bat with his mouth firmly bandaged.
In the fourteenth over, with 54 runs on the board, Tamil Nadu lost their third wicket while behind 294 runs to secure a spot in the summit confrontation. Indrajith had tape covering his mouth when he stepped out to play after scoring 92 against Madhya Pradesh and 103 not out against Mumbai in his previous two innings. The 29-year-old requested a physiotherapist since he didn’t seem comfortable, even after only 10 deliveries. To tend to the right-handed batter, the physiotherapist quickly headed to the middle of the field with the medical staff there.
Prior to taping the upper lip of Indrajith to hold it in place, the white dressing was taken off and padding was applied. Without indicating any difficulty, the seasoned batsman completed his inning. Indrajith kept the scoreboard running even when wickets were falling all around him. Following his 64 runs off 71 deliveries, Anshul Kamboj removed the former Kolkata Knight Riders player after a superb catch by Ankit Kumar. As Haryana advanced to the match that would decide the title, they ultimately lost by 63 runs.
The loss of Baba Indrajith destroyed Tamil Nadu’s chances of making it to the finals.
Baba Indrajith had cut his upper lip deep during the mid-innings break, and Dinesh Karthik, the captain of Tamil Nadu, disclosed this information after the game. Upon his arrival at the hospital following the game, Baba Indrajith was sutured.
After taking an ice bath, the rugged cricket player claimed on his official Instagram account that he had fallen. He expressed gratitude to everyone who had sent him well wishes and promised to get back to work shortly.
I appreciate your kind thoughts and well wishes, everyone. About halfway through the ice bath, I slipped and fell very hard. fell directly on her face in the restroom, leaving her pretty rattled. had a deep cut on the inside of the lip and the upper lip and was bleeding. shocked not to have crossed the finish line for the squad despite managing to bat in any way. I had my sutures done in the hospital recently. I should return shortly. Again, I want to thank you,” Indrajith wrote on Facebook.
With an astounding average of 66 runs per innings from seven innings, Indrajith emerged as Tamil Nadu’s top run scorer in the 2023 Vijay Hazare Trophy. On Saturday, December 16, the winners of Rajasthan and Karnataka’s second semifinal will play Haryana.
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