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Black Caps all-rounder Rachin Ravindra could be in doubt for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series opener tomorrow after a fielding drill mishap.

Ravindra collided with an advertising hoarding, cutting his face.

“He just had a little bit of a cut to his face. I think he’s being assessed at the moment, it’s too early to tell what sort of impact that will have on him, but hopefully it’s just a minor graze and he’ll be out there tomorrow with us,” stand-in captain Michael Bracewell said today.

Left-hander Ravindra was set to bat at three in the series. Tim Robinson or Bevon Jacobs are the likely options to replace him if he’s ruled out.

“We’re sort of just trying to narrow down the thing with Rachin,” Bracewell said when asked about the make-up of the Black Caps’ XI.

“He’s going to be touch and go. It’s thrown a little bit of a spanner in the works. I can’t confirm anything, we’re still waiting on how he pulls up.”

Ravindra also suffered a facial injury from a fielding mishap before this year’s Champions Trophy, but came back to score centuries against Bangladesh and South Africa as the Black Caps lost the tournament final to India.

Australia meanwhile have ruled out Glenn Maxwell after he fractured his forearm in the nets while bowling.

Maxwell has been replaced by Josh Philippe who was player of the series in Australia A’s recent series win over India.