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WATCH: Australian cricketer Peter Nevill hit with bat on face while wicket-keeping in BBL
Nevill was then taken to hospital for X-Rays after the injury. `Fears are he suffered a fracture to the jaw,` read a tweet from the KFC Big Bash League.
New Delhi: Injuries in sports are common but Australian wicket keeper Peter Nevill suffered one in a bizarre manner when he was hit in the face by a bat that hurled out of Brad Hodge’s grip while the latter was attempting a shot.
The incident happened in a Big Bash game between Melbourne Renegades and Adelaide Strikers while Nevill was positioned as a wicket-keeper.
As Hodge connected the shot, bat slipped out of his hands and flew towards the wicket-keeper Nevill, who had his eyes glued to the trajectory of the ball and got hit on his face.
Nevill was then taken to hospital for X-Rays after the injury. “Fears are he suffered a fracture to the jaw,” read a tweet from the KFC Big Bash League.