IPL 2023: Another injury blow for RCB, Reece Topley dislocates shoulder | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The injury blows seemed to have grappled the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s camp with pacer Reece Topley joining the list of injured players. The England fast bowler dislocated his right shoulder while fielding during the IPL 2023 match against Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru.
RCB head coach Mike Hesson hopes Topley is fine but the injury status will be known only after the results of the scans come in.
“Unfortunately his knee dug into the ground and he landed on his shoulder and dislocated it. It was lucky enough (for us) that the doctors were able to pop it back in,” Hesson told RCB’s YouTube channel after the team’s win on Sunday.
“He is off to have a scan at the moment. We hope that the initial reports come back nicely and Reece can join us. (But) if not then we will have to see what happens, but hopefully he is alright.”

RCB are already missing the services of right-handed batter Rajat Patidar and fast bowler Josh Hazlewood due to injuries. Patidar is set to miss at least the first half of IPL as he is nursing a heel injury whereas Hazlewood is likely to miss the first seven matches.
RCB made a terrific start to the season with a eight-wicket win over MI in front of their home fans at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, but with Topley joining the list of injured players, the team management will have concerns going deeper into the tournament.
Talking about RCB’s dominant win over Mumbai Indians — their fourth consecutive victory since IPL 2021, Hesson said, “It does not get any better than that. The intensity with which we bowled and in the field was exceptional.
“We took early wickets in the powerplay which we wanted to do from last year, but we held it together with the ball and our batting was exceptional,” he said.
(With PTI Inputs)