New Delhi: South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was today ruled out of the
soon-to-start Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a lower back injury,
which may keep him out of action for three months.
Rabada, who
was to play for Delhi Daredevils, felt tightness and discomfort during
the fourth Test against Australia in Johannesburg with subsequent scans
revealing the injury.
Commenting on the injury, Proteas team
manager Mohammed Moosajee said: Kagiso has been diagnosed with a lower
back stress reaction which will rule him out of cricket action for up to
three months."
"He will need a month's break from all physical activity before
commencing with a rehabilitation programme to get him ready for the
series against Sri Lanka in July.
He is not the first star pacer to have been ruled out of the
IP. Australia's Mitchell Starc too will miss the IPL for KKR due to a
"tibial bone stress in his right leg".
PTI
