India, June 18 -- It's difficult to say how the ongoing Afghanistan series is helping Indian cricket. Wins count for little against such an opposition team. Personal milestones don't matter either. But what makes it worse is that it's being held at a time when it's super hot in India. What happens if somebody gets injured and is out for months? Forget months, what if somebody misses the upcoming important white-ball series against England starting next month?

In the second ODI at Lucknow's Ekana Cricket Stadium, there were several injury concerns. Darwish Rasooli of Afghanistan hurt himself while fielding, and although he limped in to bat later, he couldn't last long and had to leave the field for the second time in the game. In such ext...