VIDEO: Prithvi Shaw injures left ankle, carried off SCG outfield

Teenaged batsman Prithvi Shaw is in serious doubt for the first Test between India and Australia at Adelaide Oval starting December 6 after he injured himself on the field during day three of the the tour game versus a CA XI on Friday.

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Shaw, 19, injured himself while attempting a catch at the deep midwicket boundary at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday and was carried off the field while visibly in pain. The Indian team management sent him to a local hospital for scans, the results of which are awaited and he returned to the ground with his left ankle heavily bandaged and walking on crutches.

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Here’s the ugly moment when Shaw injured himself:

Yikes! Ouch! This does not look good for young India star Prithvi Shaw #CAXIvIND #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/f3ECYXLObx

— Herald Sun Sport (@heraldsunsport) November 30, 2018

Shaw was then driven in a golf cart off the field to a waiting car to take him to a Sydney hospital:

@PrithviShaw rolled his ankle while attempting a catch at SCG… Indian team’s physio Patric taking him for a formal check… pic.twitter.com/Om9dUKQQmO

— Sunandan Lele (@sunandanlele) November 30, 2018

Ankles are not meant to bend that way

Fingers crossed for Prithvi Shaw

Story: https://t.co/PiIVLaEVYR pic.twitter.com/mFoidg8xbQ

— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) November 30, 2018