Kolkata: Kolkata giant East Bengal faced a huge blow today ahead of the forthcoming I-League season as their star defender from Trinidad & Tobago; Carlyle Mitchell suffered a hamstring injury at the Barasat Stadium today during a practice session. He looked in serious pain after the incident. As per the sources the injury is pretty serious, the team management has taken Mitchell to a hospital for a MRI. If it is found that he has got a tear in his hamstring, his participation in the I-League would be in serious doubts.
The Red & Gold Brigade was practicing at the Howrah Municipal Corporation ground for last few days, but the team management had decided that the team would practice at the Barasat Stadium today. Barasat has an Astro-turf and according to many a sudden practice session on the artificial turf is the main reason for his injury.
If the team management sees that Mitchell’s injury is serious they might call Zimbabwean international defender Victor Kamhuka for a trial ahead of the I-League. The officials had discussed his name too in a meeting few days back. Victor Kamhuka played for Patha Chakra in the recently concluded Calcutta Football League 2017.