Watson injury not serious

Watson is one of four members of Australia’s 15-man squad for the World T20 currently on the sidelines due to injury, with Aaron Finch, James Faulkner and Nathan Coulter-Nile also looking to get back to full fitness. 

Watson flew in to the country over the weekend from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where he was plying his trade for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The 34-year-old underwent several scans here and said he should return to full fitness in a couple of weeks. “It’s going to take me a couple of weeks to get back into batting and bowling,” Watson was quoted as saying by the Cricket Australia website on Tuesday. “It’s not major. We got it before it did too much damage. We’d played three matches in three days (for Islamabad). 

India will play West Indies and South Africa in their two warm-up matches in the run up to the ICC World Twenty20 to be staged at eight venues starting next month. India will play West Indies at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on March 10, the hosts’ last practice match against the Proteas will be hosted by Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on March 12. 

The teams taking part in the first round will play their warm-up matches in Dharamsala and Mohali from March 3 to 6, while sides featuring in the second round will play their practice games in Kolkata and Mumbai from March 10 to 15. 

The women’s warm-up matches will take place in Bengaluru and Cennai from March 10 to 14. The Indian eves will play only one warm-up game against Ireland in Benguluru on March 10. 

According to the schedule announced by the ICC, the men’s afternoon matches will take place from 3 pm.