Man of the match Shikhar Dhawan, who slammed the fastest Test ton on debut here in the third Test, has been ruled out for Friday's fourth and final Test in his hometown, New Delhi.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni told MiD DAY: “We won’t be playing him in Delhi. It will be risky to play him.” u00a0Dhawan hurt his knuckles while fielding on Day Four and did not bat in India’s second dig yesterday.
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The southpaw played a brilliant innings on debut, slamming a 174-ball 187. Dhawan and Murali Vijay (153) strung together a 289-run partnership for the first wicket in the first innings which proved to be decisive.u00a0
Dhoni during his post-match press conference said a formal email from the Indian board explaining Dhawan’s injury would be sent later.u00a0