New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The newly-laid floodlights at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore might have played big part in Rachin Ravindra's forehead injury in the first ODI of the Tri-Nation series in Lahore. The New Zealander, while positioning himself for a catch on the boundary, suddenly got hit on his forehead by the ball.

The incident took place on the 37th over when Michael Bracewell Khushdil Shah slog-swept Michael Bracewell towards deep square leg. As it looked like Rachin Ravindra would take the catch easily, the New Zealand opener got hit on the forehead before he could imagine.

He immediately went down with his forehead bleeding as both the New Zealand and Pakistan medical team rushed to the player. Rachin Ravindra was soon taken away f...