Hanuma Vihari Andhra Pradesh’s star player came out to bat with a fractured wrist in the ongoing Ranji Trophy match against defending champions Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. Wrist broken after being hit by a delivery from Vihari avesh khanRetired hurt while batting at 16. The nature of his injury was revealed after Vihari was taken for a scan. The cricket fraternity took to Twitter and lauded the Vihari “warrior” for showing exemplary determination.
Watch: Hanuma Vihari bats with one hand during Ranji Trophy match vs Madhya Pradesh
Hanuma Vihari was batting with one hand, his wrist was fractured.#hanuma vihari #INDvsAUSpic.twitter.com/t9hVDTRMMY
— Drink Cricket (@Abdullah__Neaz) February 1, 2023
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Hanuma Vihari
Batting left handed and more importantly with only one hand, the top hand
bravery on another level#quarter final#Ranji Trophy
— DK (@DineshKarthik) February 1, 2023
In the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy, with Andhra 9 down, Hanuma Vihari fractured his wrist and decided to bat left-handed.
Fighter, Vihari. pic.twitter.com/guDUIjESp9
– Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 1, 2023
Hanuma Vihari – Warrior.
His wrist is broken, but his never-say-die attitude brings him back to fight. He is batting left handed because of his wrist.
Salute, Vihari! pic.twitter.com/6HNREmokjs
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 1, 2023
what a champion Always putting the team ahead of yourself. Shows commitment. Very proud of you brother. @hanumavihari #AndhrasMP pic.twitter.com/NTRBh3dCfk
— Basant Jain (@basantjain) February 1, 2023
Captain Hanuma Vihari has a fractured wrist and is in pain but his team Andhra Pradesh needs him to bat and he comes out to bat and he is batting left-handed for his team in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals.
Salute to Hanuma Vihari. What a commitment and passion! pic.twitter.com/KMVNXcxRGG
– Cricketman 2 (@ImTanujSingh) February 1, 2023
After being put into bat, Andhra Pradesh posted a total of 379, thanks to centuries Ricky Bhui And Karan Shinde,
Bhui (149) and Shinde (110) took over for Andhra after skipper Vihari retired hurt.
However, both were dismissed inside five runs, leading to a batting collapse.
Vihari was eventually dismissed for 27.
Anubhav Agarwal took four wickets for MP Kumar Kartikeya And Gaurav Yadav took two wickets each.
Meanwhile, Avesh Khan and Saransh Jain also took one wicket each.
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