Indore: Hanuma Vihari, who is playing for Andhra Pradesh, batted with his left hand after sustaining a fractured wrist in the quarter-final match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy. His dedication has impressed everyone.
Andhra Pradesh is playing Ranji Trophy quarter final against Madhya Pradesh in Indore. Andhra has accumulated 379 runs in the first innings. This competition started yesterday. Vihari was batting when a ball thrown by Avesh Khan hit his wrist. He endured the pain and tried to bat.
However, he retired hurt when he scored 16 runs off 37 balls. A scan confirmed the fracture. Ricky Bhuhi and Karan Shinde scored centuries for the team. Vihari came in to bat when the team scored 353 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the first innings.
He usually bats right-handed. However, due to an injury, he batted left-handed. He was playing almost holding the hood with one hand. Even at that stage, there was a boundary in the ball bowled by Avesh Khan. Kumar Karthikeya also bowled a sweep shot. He scored 27 off 57 balls before losing his wicket to Sarnesh Jain.
An Andhra team official has said that he needs 5 to 6 weeks to recover from the injury. It is noteworthy that Vihari’s batting helped the Indian team to draw the Test match against the Australian team in Sydney two years ago.
Similarly, former South African team player Smith had batted with a fractured bone in the Sydney Test match against the Australian team.
