ENG vs SA: Jonny Bairstow Likely To Miss The First T20I
According to a Daily Mail report, Jonny Bairstow, a middle-order batsman for England, is a questionable starter for the first T20 International against South Africa later on Wednesday after the 32-year-old was observed performing an unusual training drill in which he carried teammate Sam Curran on his shoulders.
According to the story, Bairstow was seen carrying Curran while “doing lunges,” and the all-format player may have hurt his right knee.
According to reports, Bairstow was observed leaving practice in pain while wearing ice packs and having his left knee tightly wrapped. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has not provided an update regarding whether or not he would be included in the starting XI for the T20I match against the Proteas.
Jonny Bairstow Recently Stated That He Wants To Play All Three Formats Of The Game
It would not be surprising to see Bairstow being left out of the starting XI on Wednesday given the upcoming back-to-back T20Is, according to the article.
Bairstow recently stated that he intends to play the game in all three formats for “as long as possible.” “despite the fact that his teammate, all-rounder Ben Stokes, retired from ODI cricket at the age of 31, and that Australian batter Usman Khawaja acknowledged that playing in all formats of international cricket is difficult.
An Instagram video posted on Wednesday by Reece Topley, Bairstow’s teammate, provided a possible hint as to what might have caused the injury. In the Topley-posted video, Curran can be seen leaning on Bairstow’s back as he performs a “walking lunge in the gym.”
In his previous five innings, Bairstow had hammered four hundreds, which helped England turn things around in red-ball cricket. But his ODI form has not been the best.
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