London. Jonny Bairstow will not be able to play T20 World Cup. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday announced a 15-man squad for the tournament. But 5 hours after the team was announced, the team got a big setback. Aggressive batsman Jonny Bairstow got injured. Now they will not be able to go to Australia. The ECB said that while playing golf in Leeds, Bairstow suffered an injury to the lower part of his hand. Experts will examine them next week to ascertain the exact location of the injury. The command of the team is with Jos Buttler.
Jonny Bairstow will no longer be able to play in the third test against South Africa. For the T20 World Cup, the name of another player has not yet been announced in his place. The World Cup matches are to be held in Australia in October-November. Bairstow is running in excellent form in the current season. In such a situation, his exit is a big blow for England.
have scored 3 centuries
32-year-old Jonny Bairstow has so far scored 3 centuries in the overall T20. He has scored 4304 runs in 167 innings at an average of 31. Has also scored 25 half-centuries. The strike rate is of 138. He has scored 1337 runs for England in 66 T20s. Has scored 8 fifties. The strike rate is 136. Best innings of 90 runs.
It is known that Bairstow had scored a century in both the innings of the 5th Test against India recently. Due to this the English team was successful in achieving the record target and also won the Test. Due to this the series was leveled at 2-2. The team also has to play 7 T20 matches in Pakistan.
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team for world cup
Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brooke, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, David Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
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September 02, 2022, 20:47 IST