IND vs AUS 2nd T20I: Why was Australia captain Matthew Wade absent in the Post-Match Presentation?

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India registered a magnificent victory over Australia in the second T20I match on Sunday, and now have taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20 series.

The hosts won the match by 44 runs in Trivandrum courtesy of excellent batting by their batters as they put on 235 runs after batting first. And then it was Ravi Bishnoi and Prashant Krishna with some decent bowling, and contained the Aussies to just 191 runs.

But after the match, Australia captain Matthew Wade was not present in the post-match presentation ceremony. The presentation host Murali Kartik said the Aussie captain was in some distress and Andre Borovec, the Australia head coach took over the interview duties.

Why Matthew Wade was not present in Post-Match Presentation Ceremony?

Matthew Wade had a poor outing as his team lost their second match in the T20 series. But the Australian captain batted exquisitely in the match, scoring an unbeaten 42 runs off just 23 balls.

But during his batting, he took a blow on his unmentionables twice. Prasidh Krishna's ball in the 18th over gave Wade his first hit. The Australian player was in distress and was in a lot of pain. Then almost the same thing happened in the 20th over as one of Mukesh Kumar's deliveries hit him near about the groin area.

The 35-year-old was visibly not comfortable and that may well be the reason why he decided to skip the post-match presentation ceremony.