IPL in UAE 2021: Australia’s Stoinis suffers hamstring injury during Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad match

Delhi: Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis will undergo a scan later today after pulling up with a hamstring issue during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match, the injury coming just weeks before the start of the Twenty20 World Cup.

Stoinis has been named in Australia’s 15-man squad for the October-November World Cup after missing tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh and is expected to play a key role.

The 32-year-old pulled up after bowling his seventh ball of the game for Delhi Capitals against Sunrisers Hyderabad yesterday, his team’s first match following the resumption of the tournament in Dubai after a break enforced by rising COVID-19 cases in India.

Top of table

Stoinis did not play any further part in the match, which Delhi won by eight wickets to the top of the table. 

A Delhi spokesperson said that Stoinis would go for a scan to determine the extent of the injury later in the day.

The IPL match last night had gone ahead despite Hyderabad seamer T. Natarajan testing positive for COVID-19 hours before the contest.