{"id":171487,"date":"2026-05-23T22:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T03:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=171487"},"modified":"2026-05-23T22:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T03:52:04","slug":"ipl-2026-rcb-announces-jacob-bethell-to-return-to-england-after-sustaining-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=171487","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 \u2014 RCB announces Jacob Bethell to return to England after sustaining injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71015099\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">England international Jacob Bethell\u2019s IPL 2026 campaign has come to an early end, his team Royal Challengers Bengaluru announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJacob Bethell has sustained an injury to his left ring finger during Royal Challengers Bengaluru\u2019s match against Punjab Kings. Following medical assessment, Jacob will return to England for further evaluation ahead of England\u2019s upcoming Test series,\u201d the team said.<\/p>\n<p>Bethell had missed his team\u2019s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday due the injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bethell had replaced an injured Phil Salt in the playing XI but could not emulate his compatriot\u2019s impact at the top. He scored just 96 runs in seven innings this season, with his highest score being a run-a-ball 27 against Mumbai Indians.<\/p>\n<p>RCB finished at top of the points table with nine wins from 14 games, and will face Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday in Dharamshala.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/jacob-bethell-returns-to-england-finger-injury-rcb-ipl-2026-news-qualifier-1\/article71015099.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England international Jacob Bethell\u2019s IPL 2026 campaign has come to an early end, his team Royal Challengers Bengaluru announced on Saturday. \u201cJacob Bethell has sustained an injury to his left ring finger during Royal Challengers Bengaluru\u2019s match against Punjab Kings. Following medical assessment, Jacob will return to England for further evaluation ahead of England\u2019s upcoming &#8230; <a title=\"IPL 2026 \u2014 RCB announces Jacob Bethell to return to England after sustaining injury\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=171487\" aria-label=\"Read more about IPL 2026 \u2014 RCB announces Jacob Bethell to return to England after sustaining injury\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/India_IPL_Cricket__4442.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":173288,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173288","url_meta":{"origin":171487,"position":0},"title":"England expects Jacob Bethell to be fit for New Zealand opener","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England said on Wednesday that they expect Jacob Bethell to be fit for next week\u2019s first Test against New Zealand at Lord\u2019s after the top-order batsman suffered a finger injury playing in the Indian Premier League. 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