When Will Mayank Agarwal Play Again? Health Update Of Indian Opener After Recent Incident

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There's concern among fans when will cricketer Mayank Agarwal will return to the field after the 32-year-old batter was hospitalised recently. The player went through the ordeal after consuming a suspicious liquid at the Tripura airport.

As per the latest update, there's good news on the offer for the fans of the 32-year-old cricketer as news agency PTI reported that Mayank Agarwal will return to the ground as early as this week.

The opener is expected to lead Karnataka against Tamil Nadu in their next Ranji Trophy Group C match in Chennai from Friday. The India batter had consumed a liquid on board the team's flight to Surat after their match against Tripura.

The 32-year-old had to be admitted to a hospital to treat a burning sensation in his mouth and throat. He consequently missed Karnataka's last engagement against Railways owing to a health scare. However, he was cleared of any major medical hazards during the medical inspections here, clearing ground for his comeback to the team.

Promising batter Nikin Jose had led Karnataka against Railways in the absence of Agarwal and the former champions eked out a nervy one-wicket win at Surat with veteran Manish Pandey making an unbeaten fifty.

Currently, Tamil Nadu lead the Group C with 21 points, same as Karnataka. But TN are leading the chart because of their better net run rate 2.06. Agarwal's return will boost their batting as the Karnataka opener so far has scored 310 runs from four matches at an average of 44 with two hundreds and a fifty.

Karnataka have also received further boost in batting as the in-form Devdutt Padikkal too will be available selection for this match. From three matches, the left-hander has amassed 369 runs at an average of 92.25 with two hundreds.

Padikkal missed the last match because the 23-year-old was part of the India A squad that faced England Lions at Ahmedabad. Opener Dega Nischal and Abishek Shetty moved aside for Agarwal and Padikkal.

Karnataka squad against TN: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Nikin Jose (vice-captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Samarth R, Manish Pandey, Sharath Srinivas (wk), Aneesh KV, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vasuki Koushik, Shashikumar K, Sujay Sateri (wk), Vidwath Kaverappa, Venkatesh M, Kishan S Bedare, Rohit Kumar AC, Hardik Raj. Coach: PV
Shashikanth

-With inputs from PTI