IPL 2020: Ravichandran Ashwin sustains freak shoulder injury

DUBAI: Senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin endured a dream and nightmare in a space of six deliveries as he scalped two batsmen and then suffered a suspected shoulder dislocation during

Delhi Capitals

' IPL game against KXIP on Sunday.

Brought in during the final Powerplay over, Ashwin first got Karun Nair and then bowled Nicholas Pooran through the gate but a needless dive to stop a single off the last delivery saw him land awkwardly on his left arm with shoulder taking the jerk.

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Writhing in pain, Ashwin's jersey became a temporary sling as he left the field along with Capitals' physio

Patrick Farhard

.


A shoulder dislocation could rule Ashwin out of the tournament.

He played for

Kings XI Punjab

last season.