RCB vs MI: Star fast bowler Reece Topley is injured
RCB vs MI: In the very first match of RCB, the bad news is coming out for the fans. Royal Challengers Bangalore star fast bowler Reece Topley has been injured in the match against Mumbai Indians. He injured his shoulder while saving a boundary on the field and was ruled out of the match. This was the first match for Reece Topley Injury and he bowled two overs.
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Reece Topley dives to save a shot from Tilak Verma for the boundary
Actually, during the batting of Mumbai Indians, Reece Topley dived to save a shot of Tilak Verma from the boundary in the 8th over. During this, he fell on the ground on his shoulder and after that started moaning loudly in pain.
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Reece Topley gets RCB off to a flying start
Reece Topley got RCB off to a flying start before he was injured and clean-bowled Mumbai Indians’ Cameron Green with a fine yorker. He spent 14 runs and took a wicket in 2 overs bowling before the injury. The decision of how big Topley’s injury is will be known only after the medical report and scan, but if he is unable to play further this season, it will be a big blow for RCB. Rajat Patidar, Jos Hazlewood, and Glenn Maxwell are already unavailable for the squad. In such a situation, Topley’s departure is a big blow for RCB at the very beginning of the IPL.
The fast bowler was bought in the auction for one crore or 90 lakhs.
To strengthen their bowling in IPL 2023, the RCB team bought this left-arm fast bowler from England in the auction for one crore of 90 lakhs.