There are less than 20 days left for the start of the World Cup 2023. Before that, the Australian team was struggling with injuries. Along with Steve Smith, Cameron Green is injured. Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, and Mitchell Starc are also struggling with injury. Now another name has been added to it. During the fourth ODI against South Africa (SA vs AUS), Travis Head was hit on the hand while pulling a short ball from fast bowler Gerald Coetzee.

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Travis head’s broken hand

Travis Head started groaning after being hit on the left hand by the ball. The physio came and checked him and the Australian batsman left the field. He did not come down to play again. The head was then sent for scanning. Australia head coach Andrew McDonald said after the match that a scan had confirmed a fracture in Head’s left hand. Further scans on Saturday are expected to reveal the severity of the fracture.

Travis Head’s hit on the hand is a metacarpal fracture in all likelihood. If undisplaced fracture, can heal well in cast in ~4 weeks. But if displaced and angulated, may warrant surgery and put a question mark on his World Cup#RSAvsAUS #TravisHead pic.twitter.com/Qna3TaLqtc

— Sports Injury Explained (@InjuryExplained) September 15, 2023

Tension for the team before the World Cup

Australia coach Andrew McDonald said that it is difficult to tell whether Travis Head will be fit for the World Cup or not. He said- Right now only the fracture has been confirmed and it is difficult to tell how much time it will take. The World Cup is approaching so our fingers are crossed. I am no medical person, but I think the injury is a little above the index finger. But I don’t know what it is called.

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A blow for Australia ahead of the World Cup with Travis Head suffering a fractured hand in a heavy loss to South Africa.@LouisDBCameron recaps a record-breaking fourth ODI | #SAvAUS

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) September 15, 2023

Head has been rocking since its comeback

Travis Head was dropped from the ODI team after 2018. He returned on the Pakistan tour in 2022. In the very first match, he scored a century while opening the match. Head, who initially played in the middle order, has been opening since then. Since his return, Head has scored 791 runs in 16 ODIs at an average of 61. This also includes two centuries. These runs have been scored by Head at a strike rate of around 120. Therefore his importance in the World Cup is immense.