Hardik Pandya replaced Khaleel Ahmed in the team for the game vs Pakistan.
Then came the 82-run partnership came between Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik which steadied the ship for Pakistan. But for India, trouble came in the 18th over as Hardik Pandya was in the middle of his 5th over.
Pandya bowled the fifth ball of the over and suddenly went down on the ground clutching his back. As the Indian fielders and Pakistani batsmen checked on Pandya, the physio of the Indian team ran onto the field, as Dinesh Karthik calmed Pandya down.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t stand up and was stretchered out of the ground with the physio in tow.
Injury update - @hardikpandya7 has an acute lower back injury. He is able to stand at the moment and the medical team is assessing him now.
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 19, 2018
Manish Pandey is on the field as his substitute #TeamIndia #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/lLpfEbxykj