Big blow to India before T20 World Cup Super-8 stage, this strong player got injured during nets practice.

New Delhi: Just before the start of the most exciting turn of T20 World Cup 2026 i.e. Super-8 stage, a bad news is coming for Indian cricket fans. Team India’s deadly fast bowlers ahead of the high-voltage match against South Africa on Sunday, February 21. Mohammad Siraj Got injured during a net session. This news has given sleepless nights to the team management, because Siraj was recently included in the team as a replacement for Harshit Rana.

Fast ball hit his knee, Siraj went out of the field limping.

According to a report by RevSportz, Siraj was bowling in the nets to prepare for the match against South Africa. Meanwhile, while stopping a shot from Hardik Pandya or bowling in front of him, the ball went straight to Siraj’s knee. The ball was at such speed that Siraj was seen groaning in pain. He was immediately attended by the medical team, but considering the seriousness of the injury, Siraj had to leave the field limping. An official medical bulletin is yet to come from BCCI on the seriousness of his injury.

Hardik Pandya injured Siraj, I hope he is okay pic.twitter.com/rMUa66i6dc

— Nenu (@NenuHanma) February 20, 2026

Siraj was the only option as a back-up pacer

Mohammed Siraj’s injury is a ‘double blow’ for India because he was the only specialist back-up fast bowler in the 15-member team after Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh. Earlier, Harshit Rana was out of the tournament due to injury. If Siraj is not fit on time, Team India will have no additional options in the pace attack. In such a situation, the selectors may have to call another bowler from India in a hurry.

Break on Siraj’s brilliant comeback in T20 International?

Siraj, returning to the T20 team after a long time, impressed with his spell against USA. In that match he 3 wickets for 29 runs Had cracked. However, after this, due to team combination, he had to sit on the bench in matches like Pakistan and Netherlands, but there was strong speculation about making Siraj a part of the playing eleven on the bouncy pitches of South Africa.

India’s current team for Super-8:

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj (injured), Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar.