IPL 2017: First Week in review

Injury list keeps increasing

Even before the start of the season, there were a number of players who had succumbed to injuries and were unable to participate in the tournament. Some of them missed out on a few games while others were ruled out the whole league. KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mitchell Marsh and Murali Vijay were amongst who were set to miss the whole season. While Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, AB de Villiers, Mustafizur Rahman and Umesh Yadav were amongst the players who were going to miss the initial few games.

The list did not stop there and there were additions to it during the tournament as well. Ambati Rayudu for Mumbai Indians suffered a grade 1 groin tear while fielding in the second match of the season against the Supergiant. He was taken off on a stretcher and the injury was bad enough to keep him out of action for at least a week and there is still no certainty on when he would return.

Chris Lynn was the latest casualty when he fell awkwardly on his left shoulder while attempting to take a catch on the boundary against Mumbai Indians. It was the third occasion that the Australian hurt his shoulder in the last couple of years. He had gone for an MRI scan and the speculations are that he might miss the entire remaining season.