<p>Exactly 10 days after he sustained a hairline fracture on his left thumb, Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup with no signs of immediate recovery.</p>.<p>The opener, who joined the Indian team during its practice session here at the Hampshire Bowl on Wednesday and took part in a round of kick football, suffered the injury during India’s game against Australia at the Oval on June 9 after he took a blow from a Pat Cummins delivery. While he played through the pain to score a match-winning century, he was put under observation for 10-12 days.</p>.<p>Indian team manager Sunil Subramaniam confirmed the news on Dhawan while announcing that Rishabh Pant, who is already with the team, has been sought as a replacement.</p>.<p>“Shikhar has a fracture on the base of his first metacarpal on his left hand. Following several specialist opinions, he'll remain in a cast till mid-July which rules him out of ICC World Cup 2019. We've requested for a replacement, we've written to ICC and requested for Rishabh Pant as a replacement,” said Subramaniam.</p>.<p>While the team management was willing to wait for another week for Dhawan to get match-fit, the diagnosis revealed dashed any such hope. The southpaw will return home for further treatment and rehabilitation.</p>.<p>It was the first time that the Indian team has officially admitted to Dhawan sustaining a fracture while it was widely believed to be so when the batsman and physio Patrick Farhart travelled to Leeds from Nottingham the day after the injury to get a scan.</p>.<p>Though they had a back-up opener in K L Rahul, the team didn’t want to lose Dhawan without giving him enough time to recover.</p>.<p>"We want to hold him back, keep him here, because he wants to play. I think that kind of mindset will help in healing the injury as well as he really wants to play," Indian team captain Virat Kohli had said a few days ago.</p>.<p>And given Dhawan’s impressive record in multi-team events, the team management’s decision to stay patient with the Delhiite was understandable. The ICC technical committee’s seal, which is a mere formality, of approval for India’s replacement request is expected anytime.</p>
<p>Exactly 10 days after he sustained a hairline fracture on his left thumb, Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup with no signs of immediate recovery.</p>.<p>The opener, who joined the Indian team during its practice session here at the Hampshire Bowl on Wednesday and took part in a round of kick football, suffered the injury during India’s game against Australia at the Oval on June 9 after he took a blow from a Pat Cummins delivery. While he played through the pain to score a match-winning century, he was put under observation for 10-12 days.</p>.<p>Indian team manager Sunil Subramaniam confirmed the news on Dhawan while announcing that Rishabh Pant, who is already with the team, has been sought as a replacement.</p>.<p>“Shikhar has a fracture on the base of his first metacarpal on his left hand. Following several specialist opinions, he'll remain in a cast till mid-July which rules him out of ICC World Cup 2019. We've requested for a replacement, we've written to ICC and requested for Rishabh Pant as a replacement,” said Subramaniam.</p>.<p>While the team management was willing to wait for another week for Dhawan to get match-fit, the diagnosis revealed dashed any such hope. The southpaw will return home for further treatment and rehabilitation.</p>.<p>It was the first time that the Indian team has officially admitted to Dhawan sustaining a fracture while it was widely believed to be so when the batsman and physio Patrick Farhart travelled to Leeds from Nottingham the day after the injury to get a scan.</p>.<p>Though they had a back-up opener in K L Rahul, the team didn’t want to lose Dhawan without giving him enough time to recover.</p>.<p>"We want to hold him back, keep him here, because he wants to play. I think that kind of mindset will help in healing the injury as well as he really wants to play," Indian team captain Virat Kohli had said a few days ago.</p>.<p>And given Dhawan’s impressive record in multi-team events, the team management’s decision to stay patient with the Delhiite was understandable. The ICC technical committee’s seal, which is a mere formality, of approval for India’s replacement request is expected anytime.</p>
