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A very big and bad news is coming out from the cricket world at this time, which has created panic in the Kiwi camp just before the upcoming India and New Zealand Test Series. New Zealand cricket team’s most lethal and fast-rising young fast bowler Will O’Rourke has been completely ruled out of the upcoming important Test series on the Indian tour due to injury. The exclusion of Will O’Rourke, who created fear in the minds of batsmen around the world with his fast pace, dangerous bounce and swing, is no less than a big blow for the Kiwi team. Due to the absence of this main fast bowler, who was preparing to wreak havoc with his bowling on the spin and turn taking pitches of Indian pitches, the New Zealand team management is now being forced to make major changes in its strategies.
According to the official medical update released by the New Zealand Cricket Board (NZC), Will O’Rourke recently suffered a serious muscle strain/injury during training sessions and domestic matches. After the scan report came, the medical team has advised him to take complete rest and undergo rehabilitation, which clearly means that he will not be able to be fit in time and available for the upcoming Test matches against India. Will O’Rourke had earned a lot of fame at the international level with his bowling in the last few months and in the conditions of the Indian subcontinent, he was going to play the role of the main strike bowler of the Kiwi team. His sudden exit has dealt a huge blow to New Zealand’s bowling attack.
This is no less than a big crisis for the New Zealand team coming to tour India for the upcoming Test series. On Indian pitches, while the world’s top spinners like R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are the strength of the host team, the visiting teams usually make a strategy to give initial shocks on the basis of their fast bowlers. In the absence of Will O’Rourke, who, along with Tim Southee, wreaked havoc with the new ball, the question has arisen before the Kiwi captain and coach as to who will challenge the strong batting order of the Indian batsmen in the initial overs. Cricket pundits believe that filling the gap of this senior fast bowler is going to prove to be a difficult task for New Zealand.
The Kiwi selectors have now started the process of immediately sending another bowler to the Indian tour as a replacement for Will O’Rourke. However, it will not be easy for a new or inexperienced bowler to suddenly perform on foreign soil and that too on spin-friendly and hot climate pitches like India. The New Zealand team was already struggling with the challenges of playing in Indian conditions, and now the injury to this star bowler has increased their problems manifold. The eyes of cricket lovers are now fixed on which playing eleven the New Zealand team management will field with after this big change and how the Kiwi team will be able to stand against the Indian lions.