ICC World Cup 2019: Bad news for India as injured Shikhar Dhawan ruled out

Dhawan was hurt by a nasty Coulter-Nile bouncer in India's match against Australia on June 9. Helped by Dhawan's century, India had beaten Australia in that match

The India cricket team received a serious jolt on Tuesday, with ICC tournament specialist and in-form batsman Shikhar Dhawan being ruled out of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 due to a thumb injury. Opening batsman Dhawan, who had played a brilliant knock of 117 on June 9 in India’s second match of the World Cup, against Australia, despite being hit hard on his left thumb by a nasty Nathan Coulter-Nile delivery, will have to miss the remaining matches of the tournament.

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Dhawan will undergo precautionary scans on Tuesday to determine the extent of injury on his swollen left thumb. The injury comes as a big setback for India, as the southpaw, considered a big-game player, has an impeccable record in ICC tournaments.

Dhawan had seemed to be in considerable pain throughout his heroic innings 117 off 109 balls which helped India hand Australia a 36-run defeat. This was only the fourth victory for India against Australia in the 37-year history of World Cups. In the second innings of the game, Dhawan could not take the field and was substituted by Ravindra Jadeja throughout the 50 overs.

Talking of Dhawan’s record in ICC tournaments, he had been one of India’s best performers in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, too, with two hundreds in the series. He has a total of 6 centuries from ICC tournaments. 

Shikhar Dhawan record in tournaments involving 5 or more teams:

Runs	Mins	BF	4s	6s	SR	Opposition	Ground
114	159	94	12	1	121.27	v South Africa	Cardiff
102*	183	107	10	1	95.32	v West Indies	The Oval
48	70	41	5	0	117.07	v Pakistan	Birmingham
68	140	92	6	1	73.91	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff
31	40	24	2	1	129.16	v England	Birmingham
28	50	44	5	0	63.63	v Bangladesh	Fatullah
94	161	114	7	1	82.45	v Sri Lanka	Fatullah
10	12	13	2	0	76.92	v Pakistan	Dhaka
60	98	78	4	1	76.92	v Afghanistan	Dhaka
73	136	76	7	1	96.05	v Pakistan	Adelaide
137	199	146	16	2	93.83	v South Africa	Melbourne
14	27	17	3	0	82.35	v U.A.E.	Perth
9	17	14	1	0	64.28	v West Indies	Perth
100	119	85	11	5	117.64	v Ireland	Hamilton
4	27	20	1	0	20	v Zimbabwe	Auckland
30	74	50	3	0	60	v Bangladesh	Melbourne
45	57	41	6	1	109.75	v Australia	Sydney
68	95	65	6	1	104.61	v Pakistan	Birmingham
125	198	128	15	1	97.65	v Sri Lanka	The Oval
78	130	83	12	1	93.97	v South Africa	The Oval
46	67	34	7	1	135.29	v Bangladesh	Birmingham
21	42	22	4	0	95.45	v Pakistan	The Oval
127	-	120	15	2	105.83	v Hong Kong	Dubai (DSC)
46	-	54	6	1	85.18	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)
40	-	47	4	1	85.1	v Bangladesh	Dubai (DSC)
114	-	100	16	2	114	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)
15	-	14	3	0	107.14	v Bangladesh	Dubai (DSC)
8	23	12	1	0	66.66	v South Africa	Southampton
117	163	109	16	0	107.33	v Australia	The Oval

Data credit:espncricinfo.com