IPL 2019: Kedar sustains shoulder injury, set to miss IPL play-offs

BCCI has strictly instructed that any injury to World Cup bound players will be given utmost priority which means Kedar is not being risked with exactly a month left for India's first World Cup game.

Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming virtually ruled out World Cup bound Kedar Jadhav after he sustained a injury on his left shoulder while fielding during CSK vs KXIP clash on Sunday. BCCI has strictly instructed that any injury to World Cup bound players will be given utmost priority which means Kedar is not being risked with exactly a month left for India's first World Cup game. Fleming said at a post-match press conference, "He is getting an X-ray and a scan (done) tomorrow." "We are hopeful for him although I don't think we will see him again in this tournament for us. He is in some discomfort, but we just need to be accurate with our assessments tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it is nothing serious, but it did not look that good," Fleming gave an open-ended reply. The pint-sized cricketer didn't bowl a lot in IPL unlike he does for India and it has been learnt that his dodgy hamstring is one of the reasons for that as an aggravation could have affected his World Cup chances. Kedar was seen wincing in pain in the 14th over after diving near the boundary ropes to save an overthrow. In the process, Jadhav hurt his shoulder after which he was attended by CSK physio Tommy Simsek . He did not take field for the rest of the innings with Murali Vijay coming in as the substitute.