Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) suffered a major blow on Thursday (April 27) as their star all-rounder Washington Sundar got ruled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. The Hyderabad-based franchise confirmed the news by releasing a statement on their official Twitter handle.
However, Sundar’s withdrawal didn’t go down well with fans as they lambasted the Tamil Nadu cricketer for getting prone to injuries so often. Notably, Sundar has a history of injury issues in both his international and IPL career. The 23-year-old also sustained injury during last year’s IPL.
Speaking of Sundar’s campaign in the IPL 2023 so far, the all-rounder has scored 60 runs at an average of 15 and has picked up just three wickets in seven matches that he played for SRH before sustaining the injury. Hyderabad also aren’t doing well in the ongoing tournament and sit at the ninth position of the 10-team points table with two wins in seven matches.
The already disappointed fans were left more frustrated after Sundar’s injury announcement and trolled the latter badly for getting prone to injuries on a regular basis. Some even termed him as fragile as glass.
Here’s how fans reacted:
🚨 INJURY UPDATE 🚨
Washington Sundar has been ruled out of the IPL 2023 due to a hamstring injury.
Speedy recovery, Washi 🧡 pic.twitter.com/P82b0d2uY3
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 27, 2023
Most important member of NCA along with Deepak Chahar. https://t.co/WNSUrlLQAQ
— Mahesh Gurjar (@Ku17512041gjtyf) April 27, 2023
I was surprised that why is he not injured yet, now I'm not https://t.co/57Z9Xarpby
— Nitin Thakur (@impulsive_fella) April 27, 2023
How are the next-gen young players so fragile and unfit can't even play 7 t20 matches …. We won't be getting fit players like Dhoni / Kohli … These fellows can't even play one format imagine expecting them to play all 3 formats + IPL. https://t.co/wL6yWvHPP6
— Sai (@akakrcb6) April 27, 2023
Bruh is he made up of glass or what? https://t.co/LLZU3rCM5O
— JaiswalHive (@priyansh20_05) April 27, 2023
Indian version of Haris Sohail. https://t.co/SPkYwSr51T
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) April 27, 2023
How can a spinner get injured this frequently? https://t.co/JhutYO4Onf
— The Z God ✨ (@9Seventy3Szn) April 27, 2023
For a youngster, he's too fragile. I fear his career is going to cut short like he isn't able to survive 3-4 t20 games. https://t.co/dx7xWORURa
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) April 27, 2023
On Repeat https://t.co/DyG6Zo8wGA pic.twitter.com/X4eN2JbrWa
— Jaii 🕶️ (@Fictional_Jaii) April 27, 2023
Ridiculous how washington Sundar is so injure prone being a spinner 😵💫.
— Rashmik (@RashmikMUFC) April 27, 2023
Part Time cricketer Full Time Injury https://t.co/VbHfcnXm8e
— Abhishek Jaswal (@Radiator187) April 27, 2023
WTF!
Haven't seen anybody getting injured this often ever! https://t.co/KgHF4bcqjV
— Nish Navalkar (@YUVI_NISH) April 27, 2023
Washed up Sundar https://t.co/7xKXFSd7n6
— Shiva Seshasai (@shiva_seshasai) April 27, 2023
Seems like he'll be an injury ridden player all his career 😔
Such a promising player, sad to see him miss out on game time like this due to injuries https://t.co/mJpi8A1ta4— Vinod (@vnodkumar19) April 27, 2023
Deepak Chahar and Sundar are regular member of the NCA. https://t.co/C2cwo8s3X1
— Saikrishna సాయికృష్ణ (@Sai__Krishna__) April 27, 2023
tough competition between Washi Sundar and Deepak Chahar on who is made more of kaanch https://t.co/9al9glqgTk
— . (@AnasMagnificent) April 27, 2023