England have suffered a major injury scare as their star batsman Liam Livingstone left the field with a swollen finger during their first warm-up match against India at the ICC Cricket Academy in Dubai on Monday.
Liam Livingstone suffered the finger injury when he dived to take a catch during India’s successful chase of 189 in the warm-up match. He left the field with the little finger of his left hand swollen.
According to Sky Sports, England’s medical team will assess the extent of the injury to the star batsman in the next 24 hours. The medical team will wait for the swelling to subside before taking a call on Liam Livingstone’s availability for the remainder of the T20 World Cup.
Liam Livingstone has gone on to become an integral member of England’s T20I side in the recent past. In the absence of Ben Stokes, Livingstone’s ability to hit big and bowl a bit of spin has come in handy for the reigning 50-over champions. Livingstone has played 8 T20Is and hit 206 runs at an impressive strike rate of over 160.
On Monday, Livingstone hit a 20-ball 30 while batting in the middle overs and picked up the big wicket of India captain Virat Kohli. England posted 188 on the board after quickfire knocks from Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali but it was not enough as India managed to gun down the total in just 19 overs.
A quickfire 51 from KL Rahul at the top of the order and a classy 70 from Ishan Kishan, who opened after Rohit Sharma was rested, helped India cruise to the target despite a middle-order wobble.
England will next face New Zealand on October 20 in their second and final warm-up match. They begin their campaign in the Super 12 against defending champions West Indies in Dubai on October 23
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