England pacer Chris Woakes’s shoulder injury has reignited the debate around the injury replacements in Tests, with former fast bowler Stuart Broad suggesting that replacement rule would improve the quality and standard of the cricket.    

On Day One, Woakes walked off the field after he landed awkwardly on his left shoulder and stayed down clutching it while saving a ball hit to the boundary by Karun Nair at long-off, which ruled him out of the remainder of the ongoing fifth Test.

England’s Chris Woakes in pain after injuring his shoulder near the boundary rope while fielding on Thursday. Pic/Bipin Patel