Ishant Sharma experienced an acute episode of left rib cage pain while bowling at a team training session on October 7, the Indian fast bowler has now been ruled out by the Delhi Capitals for the rest of the IPL 2020 season.
After a subsequent investigation, the DC medial team found out that Sharma had sustained a left internal oblique muscle tear.
Due to this injury, the 32-year-old has been ruled him out of the remainder of the Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020.
Delhi Capitals confirmed the development in an official statement as well on Monday (October 12). Delhi had already lost Amit Mishra through a finger injury for this IPL season as well.
DC suffered a 5-wicket loss against Mumbai Indians on Sunday (October 11).
Batting first, Shreyas Iyer's side posted a target score of 163. On the chase, Mumbai got off to a sluggish start as they lost Rohit Sharma early on who departed after scoring just 5 runs. Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav then formed a formidable partnership for MI as the two kept the scoreboard ticking at a decent pace.
De Kock played some excellent shots and bagged a 33-ball fifty before R Ashwin struck for the Capitals and dismissed the wicketkeeper-batsman for 53. Yadav and Ishan Kishan had a brief stand for the third wicket but kept the asking rate under control.
Suryakumar was net to bag his half-century but his celebration did not last long for the Indian batsman as Kagiso Rabada dismissed him in the very next delivery. The South African pacer was in terrific form on the night as he dismissed Kishan (28) in his last over of the game.
With 7 needing form 6 balls, Krunal Pandya (12*) and Kieron Pollard (11*) guided Mumbai Indians home with two balls remaining.
