Broken shoulder but the batsman did not accept defeat, batted in pain, emotional video went viral

Ashton Agar: A different passion of an Australian cricketer was seen in the Sheffield Shield on Monday. He did something that everyone is talking about. Let us tell you, despite the shoulder injury he suffered against Victoria, Ashton Agar batted with one hand in the second innings for his team. Whose video is now becoming increasingly viral on social media. And people are praising this player a lot.

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Australia’s star cricketer Ashton Agar batted with one hand in Western Australia’s second innings despite suffering a shoulder injury against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield on Monday. In this way he has presented a unique example of his bravery. Let us tell you, Agar was in a lot of pain even while batting, but he ignored it and added 15 runs with Joel Curtis for the last wicket.

Western Australia played an innings of 325 runs

Curtis remained unbeaten on 119 runs off 239 balls, where his innings included 16 fours and a six. Agar (Ashton Agar)’s innings was ended by Sam Elliot, who took four wickets in the match. Western Australia’s innings ended at 325 runs on the strength of the innings of Agar and Curtis. Of course, Agar could not score even a single run in this match, but by staying on the wicket he showed his courage to the whole world.

Apart from Elliott, for Victoria, fast bowler Fergus O’Neill took 4 wickets for 56 runs, while spinners Todd Murphy and Xavier Crone got one wicket each. In this match, Victoria easily achieved the target given by Western Australia by losing eight wickets on the basis of fifties of Marcus Harris and Peter Handscomb. However, Agar did not take the field due to injury.

Didn’t get a chance for Border Gavaskar Trophy

Let us tell you, Ashton Agar has not been selected for the Border-Gavaskar series. In his place, confidence has been expressed in the experienced Nathan Lyon as a specialist spinner in the team. Agar recently played a key role in Western Australia’s victory over Tasmania and scored a fifty. He did wonders not only with the bat but also with the ball, taking four wickets. He last played for the national team in the T20 World Cup 2024 against Afghanistan, when he replaced Mitchell Starc.