Chris Woakes has been ruled out of the remainder of the fifth test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy after sustaining a left shoulder injury on day 01 of the match.
The ECB board made the announcement ahead of day 2 play, stating that he was ruled out of the series and would undergo further assessment at the end of the Test match.
“At this stage, the injury has ruled him out of any further participation in the Test,” said an England and Wales Cricket Board Statement.
Woakes suffered an injury during the 57th over of the first innings of the game. He chased the ball from mid-off and put in a dive to pull back just inside the ropes.
But he landed awkwardly and was seen holding his left shoulder in distress right away. Woakes did not take further part in the day’s play.
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The England seamer Gus Atkinson spoke at the press conference at the end of day 01’s play and had hinted that Chris Woakes was unlikely to part in the rest of the game.
This would be a huge blow for the England Test team, as the conditions at The Oval were aligned to Woakes’ style of bowling.
Woakes’ injury could put England in tough spot as they are missing four main players – Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse and Liam Dawson were pulled out of the final game either due to injuries or workload concerns.
England are not left with Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue, Jamie Overton, Joe Root and Jacob Bethell.
Coming to the game, India went on to score 204 runs losing 6 wickets by the end of day 01. Karun Nair and Washington Sundar went on to remain unbeaten at stumps.
Karun Nair is the only scorer having smashed a fifty in the innings. Meanwhile Sai Sudharsan went on to score 38 runs and day 02 can be a match up between the sides at The Oval.
