Lungi Ngidi taken off the field in an ambulance due to head injury

Lungi Ngidi taken off the field in an ambulance due to head injury

In distressing scenes at the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi, Lungi Ngidi suffered a severe head injury while attempting to take a catch backtracking from mid-off in the fixture between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. The South African stretched out but didn't get his hands to the ball and ended up tumbling backwards. His head hit the ground hard and he immediately clutched it in pain.

The play then stopped for a prolonged period as physios attended to him. Ngidi continued to be on the floor, and there was a stretcher called for but an ambulance had to make its way into the ground due to the severity of the injury.

Concerned faces from both teams watched on as the medical team delicately shifted him onto the stretcher and the ambulance before it left the field for a hospital for scans. Ngidi suffered the fall at 5:53 PM IST, leading to a 14-minute break in play following which he was taken to the hospital.