Opener Shikhar Dhawan's thumb damage during the match against Australia has the Indian team the board in a spot of trouble at the World Cup 2019. With their next match slated against Pakistan, the center is to get the team mix directly for the most foreseen round of the tournament. In any case, with Dhawan set to miss the tie in Manchester, theories are on about when the left-hander will almost certainly recapture full wellness.
Previous India captain and opener Sachin Tendulkar, in a selective visit with India Today communicated his confidence in 'fighter' Dhawan, saying that he accepts that it's not important to play him at this stage remembering the semi-finals and last where he could be vital to India's prosperity.
Tendulkar additionally reviewed India's visit to New Zealand in 2009 when he played with a wrecked finger and accepts that if necessary, Dhawan can do likewise for the team.
"I really played an entire tour to New Zealand in 2009 with a broken finger. I recall, in Hamilton in the exceptionally first match, I took a catch and broke my finger. On the off chance that you saw I used to have an enormous cushioning securing my fingers however I played with a messed up finger. I think players figure out how to play with some inconvenience and Shikhar is a fighter and I realize he will return battling," said Dhawan.
Sachin said that Dhawan doesn't have to substantiate himself any longer as his ICC competitions record 'represents himself'.
"His numbers represent himself and he doesn't have to go out telling the world what he has done in ICC tournaments. He should simply get fit, return and convey," said Sachin.
On the subject of how players oversee such wounds and what ought to be the team's methodology towards taking care of such circumstances, Tendulkar is of the assessment that it's critical to check whether Dhawan is agreeable while handling. On the off chance that he doesn't feel torment while getting or handling, at that point Sachin feels that India can take the bet of playing him later in the tournament.
"While batting the thumb is going to jolt a bit. Yet, I am stressed over handling and I will leave that to Patrick (Farhart – Team India's physio) and all, yet on the off chance that he isn't fit I would prefer not to take that risk of gambling playing him. The thump outs are the most a basic piece of the World Cup and on the off chance that he can get absent much torment, at that point just I would bet on him playing," said Sachin.
KL Rahul is expected to open the innings with Rohit Sharma against Pakistan. India is right now on the third spot in the points table with 5 points from 3 games after the washout against New Zealand on Thursday.
