Ravindra Jadeja’s Knee Injury:Ravindra Jadeja will have to have surgery on his ailing right knee, which will keep him out of action indefinitely. However, India’s head coach, Rahul Dravid, stated that it would be premature to rule him out of the T20 World Cup, which will be held in Australia in October-November.

India currently has three players on the injury list, with fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel the other prominent absentees from the Asia Cup. Injuries, according to Dravid, are an occupational hazard in professional sports, and the management’s goal has always been to establish a pool of players who can step in to offset any unanticipated circumstance.

Coach Rahul Dravid in the press conference said, “Jadeja has injured his knee; he is obviously ruled out of the Asia Cup,” Dravid said ahead of India’s Super 4 match against Pakistan. “He is under the care of the medical team, he is going to see the doctors, see the experts. The World Cup is still a fair bit away, and we don’t want to jump to any conclusions and rule him out or rule him in. We’ll see how it goes.

“Injuries are a part of the sport; it is part of our job to try to manage them. A lot will depend on rehab and the severity of the injury. I don’t want to rule him out or don’t want to make too many comments until we have a much clearer picture and a better idea, especially because the World Cup is six or seven weeks away from now.”

Meanwhile, an anonymous BCCI official informed PTI that Jadeja’s injury was “pretty serious” .”He is supposed to undergo a major knee surgery and will be out of action for an indefinite period of time,” the official said. “At this point, if one goes by the assessment of the NCA’s medical team, one can’t put a timeline on his imminent international comeback.”

Jadeja, who played the first two games of the Asia Cup against Pakistan and Hong Kong, gives the team the required balance, along with Hardik Pandya, and his absence will be a blow to Rohit Sharma’s side.