The severity of Russell’s injury remains unclear

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Sydney Thunder all-rounder Andre Russell had to be taken off on a Medicab after he injured his left hamstring during his side’s Big Bash League (BBL) clash with the Melbourne Stars on Wednesday.

Russell sustained the injury while chasing the ball towards the third man boundary. Upon approaching the boundary rope, the West Indian superstar pulled up and immediately went down clutching his hamstring.

To make things worse, Russell was supposed to undergo scans after the Stars game as he has been playing with a knee injury throughout the tournament and was seen limping in the Thunder’s 50-run loss to the Perth Scorchers on Sunday.

When asked by the Network TEN commentators why Russell and Eoin Morgan, who will travel to India after the game against the Stars to captain England in their limited overs series, had played in the first place, Thunder all-rounder Ben Rohrer said: “They were a little bit conditions-based and there was a little admin error as well that doesn’t help with Andre being 50-50 for the game with his injury from last game. We sort of stuffed up our line-up which isn’t ideal.

“You need to have the squad sorted by the day before and James Vince wasn’t in there. There was a chance he was going to play tonight so we had to switch things around at the last minute.”