Diagnosed with sports hernia, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has not only been ruled out of the ODI series against West Indies but also most likely the tour of New Zealand early next year. 

It is now being reported the exact nature of Bhuvneshwar's injury had gone undetected despite successive scans at a private hospital in Bangalore while he was recuperating at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). And hence, he was declared fit and picked to play the T20Is before he felt discomfort and pain after the last game in Mumbai. 

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"It took the physiotherapist of the Indian team no time to come up with the correct diagnosis," a source close to the matter told TOI. "He is in such bad shape right now that forget four overs (in T20), he can’t even bowl one. How could a player who is clearly not in shape to be on the field, and who requires surgery, be rushed into the team?"

With the medical reports of the case in possession of the BCCI, Bhuvi's issue could be brought to the notice of board president Sourav Ganguly and NCA director Rahul Dravid. 

The scans were taken at the YOS Healthcare, a private sports medicine clinic based out of Bangalore that has been at the centre of several reports of conflict; when TOI tried contacting NCA’s chief physiotherapist Ashish Kaushik, he was unavailable for comments. 

"The credit has to go to the team support staff that helped detect this in time. Bhuvi could play a vital role in India’s T20 World Cup campaign. Thankfully, there is time for him to properly recover and get some matches under the belt during the IPL," the source added. 

It is understood, with his injury badly managed, Bhuvneshwar has made up his mind he'll never be visiting the NCA again and depending purely on the senior team support staff and private specialists. 

"You have to look at it from his point of view. He’s terrified. Imagine, had he continued playing. At some point, there’d have been a complete breakdown. We sincerely hope the president and the secretary will get to the bottom of this matter," the source said. 

The pacer has been replaced by Shardul Thakur for the series. 

(Inputs from TOI)