World Cup T20: Mitchell Starc bouncer hits Suryakumar on helmet, physio rushes out; WATCH

India are currently locking horns against defending champions Australia in ir first warm-up match of ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Monday. Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav was hit on helmet while trying to play a pull shot off Mitchell Starc's bowling. Yadav was struck on grill of his helmet with a deadly bouncer from Starc. impact was so hard that it broke corner of Yadav's helmet. 32-year-old n took a concussion test and resumed batting for India. 

Yadav went on to score a magnificent half-century before he was dismissed for 50 off 33 balls in final over by Kane Richardson. A video of incident is going viral on micro-blogging platform Twitter. In video, Yadav and Starc can be seen checking corner of his helmet before former received medical attention from Indian team's physio. 

Australia vs India

As far as ongoing warm-up match is concerned, Australian captain Aaron Finch won toss and elected to field first at Gabba in Brisbane. Batting first, India posted a total of 186/7 on board courtesy of some brilliant batting from KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav. While Rahul smashed 57 off 33 balls, Yadav made a perfect half-century, including six boundaries and one maximum. 

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were dismissed by Ashton Agar and Mitchell Starc for scores of 15 and 19 runs, respectively. Hardik Pandya was removed for 2 off 5 balls by Richardson. Dinesh Karthik contributed with 20 off 14 balls, while Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin scored 6 runs each. Richardson was pick of bowlers from Australian side as he registered a four-wicket haul in his quota of four overs. Starc, Agar, and Glenn Maxwell picked one wicket each.

In second innings, Australia are currently batting at a score of 97/2 in 11 overs. With David Warner in playing XI, Mitchell Marsh and Aaron Finch opened batting for Australia. Marsh and Finch forged a partnership of 64 runs before former was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 35 off 18 balls. Finch is still intact in middle at a score of 44 off 35 balls. Steve Smith has been dismissed for 11 off 12 balls. 

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