Moon boot to aid Broad's Mohali fitness bid

Stuart Broad has not given up hope of playing in the third Test in Mohali despite suffering an injury to the tendons in his right foot in Visakhapatnam. The England seamer revealed that he will wear a protective "moon" boot to try and aid his recovery, with four days between the second and third Tests.

Broad sustained the injury diving in the field in the opening moments of the match but still produced an impressive performance. He claimed four wickets in India's second innings and then called upon England to "do something special" on the last day to try and salvage the second Test.

"It's been a pretty sore Test," Broad said of his injury. "I dived for the ball and my toe slipped the wrong way and I've done some damage to my tendon, which has been a bit awkward. If you do that in the second over of a Test, you've only got one option and that's to keep playing or you stuff the team a little bit.

"There are plans is to get a moon boot on at the end of this game for a few days to try to offload the tendon. We've about 17 days before the fourth Test in Mumbai, which is quite a long time. But it's less for the third Test in Mohali.

"It's annoying to miss any Test and I don't know that I will miss it yet. But hopefully I'll definitely be fit for Mumbai."