Ayush Mhatre (PTI Photo)
The 19-year-old opener is set to miss Mumbai’s remaining three matches in the first phase of the Ranji Trophy after suffering the injury during his 48-run knock on Day One of the opener against Chandigarh at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai won the match by an innings and 155 runs on Tuesday, collecting a bonus point, but Mhatre’s injury took the sheen off the result. “Ayush has suffered a Grade 4 tear of his right hamstring. A medical expert, however, said a Grade 4 hamstring tear usually indicates a severe injury. “If it’s a Grade 4 hamstring tear, it usually requires surgery.
MUMBAI: Mumbai’s emphatic start to the Ranji Trophy season has been hit by a major injury setback, with newly appointed vice-captain Ayush Mhatre ruled out for at least a month due to a recurrence of his right hamstring injury. Because he had just returned from another hamstring injury, “It’s unfortunate.
He could be out for nothing less than four to six months,” the expert told this paper. He used to come from Virar just to do his rehab and then go back,” Mumbai captain Siddhesh Lad told reporters after Mumbai’s win. Lad said the injury occurred while Mhatre was running between the wickets. He was looking fine for the last three-four matches, but all of a sudden, he felt something in his hamstring while taking a second run,” Lad said. The preparation is going really well,” he had said.
The recurrence of Mhatre’s injury has again brought into focus the role of the medical team at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, where he had undergone rehabilitation for injuries to both his left and right hamstrings for almost three months. He looks very sad. He worked very hard during rehab. He was doing rehab with me only at MCA-BKC. “We had two or three simulations and club games, and also played at BKC. At the pre-season news conference, Mhatre had spoken about his long injury layoff and preparation for the season. “I was at the CoE for three months.
He should be out for at least one to one-and-a-half months,” a source in the Mumbai Cricket Association told TOI on Tuesday.