Duleep Trophy: Venkatesh Iyer forced to walk out after Gaja's wild throw

However, Iyer did come back later, but was dismissed by Tanush Kotian on 14. The all-rounder did return to bat but he did not field for the Central Zone and was replaced by Ashok Menaria

An ambulance made its way into the ground after a wild throw, on follow-through, by West Zone medium pacer Chintan Gaja, injured Central Zone's Venkatesh Iyer during their Duleep Trophy match in Coimbatore on Friday.

Iyer hit a six and opened his account off Gaja. He defended it right back to Gaja in the next ball, who threw it back at Iyer in anger, following which the batter was down on the ground in visible pain. The ambulance arrived in the middle of the ground, and the stretcher was out too, but the 27-year-old decided to walk out off the