Watch: Bhuvneshwar Kumar's Shot Floors Hardik Pandya

India allrounder Hardik Pandya avoided a nasty injury after receiving a bad-looking blow on the side of his face during the ongoing second One-Day International against Australia at the Eden Gardens.

The incident occurred when Nathan Coulter-Nile was bowling to Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 47th over. With just a few balls remaining, Bhuvneshwar gave his all when Coulter-Nile bowled a fuller delivery. However, instead of finding the rope as Bhuvneshwar would have wanted, the ball crashed into Pandya’s helmet at the non-striker’s end. It looked quite scary as Bhuvneshwar and Coulter-Nile rushed to check Pandya. The ball seemed to have hit Pandya under the right ear.

Australia captain Steve Smith also rushed to check the allrounder’s health before calling the physio. Pandya was soon attended by Team India physio and luckily continued to bat, much to the delight of the crowd.

Here is a clip of that incident:

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