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Giants’ Smith out with a wrist injury
Rising Pune Supergiants’ injury woes refuses to die down as Australian captain Steven Smith became their latest casualty when he was ruled ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing Indian Premier League because of a wrist problem.
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The Supergiants had earlier lost Kevin Pietersen, Faf du Plessis and Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh to injuries.
Smith’s pull out was confirmed by Cricket Australia Sports Science and Sports Medicine Manager Alex Kountouris, who said the right-handed batsman had been struggling with pain in his right wrist for the last week.
“We have been working with his IPL franchise Pune to monitor this and unfortunately it has not resolved,” Kountouris said in a statement from Australia.
“As such, he will return home from India for further assessment and treatment ahead of the tour of the West Indies.”
The CA medical official stressed that the pull out decision was taken as a precautionary measure and the injury did not appear to be serious.
“From the information we have so far, this doesn’t appear to be a serious injury but we are keen to give him the time to recover and rehabilitate before heading to the West Indies at the end of May,” Kountouris said.
Australia begin the tri-series in Guyana on June 6 against South Africa before facing West Indies four days later at the same venue.
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