Rising Pune Supergiants will miss Kevin Pietersen’s presence for at least two weeks for his calf injury. He is expected to be sidelined after last night but his crippling calf injury in last night’s Indian Premier League match could open the door for Australia’s Mitchell Marsh.
Early in the Rising Pune Supergiants’ run chase against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Pietersen dabbed his first delivery into the offside and took off for a quick single, as he has done countless times before in his career. This has lead to severe injury that has made him stay away from the tournament for
The injury scene was witnessed by former South African cricketer Mark Boucher who tweeted “KP was ‘getting old’.” To which KP tweeted back and said, “Off the golf course for few weeks now.” This has added more worries for RPS to bring some changes to RPS squad and can open doors for Australia’s Mitchell Marsh, who has stayed away from last two games of RPS. Skipper MS Dhoni made a special mention saying, “We’re playing with six bowlers, yet our death bowling isn’t great. KP’s injury can be a blessing in disguise. Maybe we can look to bring in Albie Morkel or Mitch Marsh in the next game. With the kind of players we’ve got, it has always been difficult to drop someone. We need to strengthen our bowling line a bit.”
There is also a possibility for call up of Adam Zampa, the young Australian spinner if RPS wishes to strengthen their slow bowling skills. There also chances for Peter Handcomb to take up the place in the middle-order and make his IPL debut. RPS is set to play their next against KKR at Pune on Monday.