Head injury scare for Vidarbha’s all rounder Aditya Sarwate against Bengal

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Aditya Sarwate escapes a head injury after being hit in the head off a Ishan Porel bouncer. Pic Courtesy: Xtratime

Kolkata: Aditya Sarwate the all rounder of Vidarbha suffered an injury scare when he was hit in the head while facing a bouncer against Bengal in Ranji Trophy’s Group D match on Friday.

Sarwate was forced to leave the ground for quite sometime after he was hit by a rising ball bowled by Bengal pacer Ishan Porel who was playing his debut Ranji game.

The all rounder who was batting at number seven attempted a pull shot of Porel’s delivery but upon missing it was hit on the right side of his helmet.

Sarwate, batting on 60, fell at the crease as Bengal team members rushed before he was attended by support staff.

Sarwate soon resumed batting but, after facing three balls, he felt dizzy and was taken off the ground.

“He’s fine and there’s nothing serious,” a Vidarbha team official said after the second day’s proceedings.

Rajneesh Gurbani came to face the last ball of the eventful over as Sarwate was being attended at the dressing room.

Gurbani fell for 4 and Vidarbha lost two more wickets in top-scorer Sanjay Ramaswamy(182) and Akshay Wakhare(12). Sarwate then showed grit to resume his innings in the 133rd over.

Sarwate, however, was dismissed for 89 by Porel.