Finch ruled out of IPL with hamstring injury

Aaron Finch's season in the Indian Premier League is over; scans confirming the batsman's worst fears after he picked up a significant hamstring injury on Tuesday.

Finch pulled up sharply, yelping in pain and clutching his left hamstring after sprinting a quick single early in the Mumbai Indians' innings in their match against Rajasthan Royals.

Finch pulled up after stretching to make his ground, hopping on his right leg before falling to the ground in agony. H had to be helped off the ground by teammates with captain Rohit Sharma warning after the game the prognosis "looks bad".

Scans on Wednesday afternoon in India confirmed the worst, with Finch conceding he expects to be ruled out the remainder of the competition, putting him on the sidelines for at least six weeks.

All the more galling for Finch, he seemed to have finally found some form in the tournament before the injury, striking two crisp boundaries before being forced to retire hurt on 10 – his highest score form the three matches played.

Finch was bowled by a peach of a Mitchell Johnson delivery in the match against Kings XI and finishes the tournament with 23 runs at a strike-rate of just 69.69.

Finch is due to spend the winter playing all formats with the Jason Gillespie-coached Yorkshire side on England's county circuit.

Finch excelled in his five county championship games for the White Rose last winter under head coach Jason Gillespie, who was yesterday confirmed as the head coach of the Adelaide Strikers for the next two KFC T20 Big Bash League seasons.

In six innings, the Victorian tallied 291 runs at 48.50, striking at 72 runs per 100 balls faced against the swinging red Duke ball.

Finch now joins a long list of Australians that have entered the injury ward during the lucrative tournament.

Last season, Test middle-order batsman Shaun Marsh required a full elbow reconstruction after tearing his tendons while throwing in a match for Kings XI Punjab.

The surgery ruled him out of Australia’s tours to Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates, as well as the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India and the beginning of the Australian domestic summer.

Western Australia fast bowler Nathan Coutler-Nile needed surgery to repair a hamstring injury he suffered in his first game for the Delhi Daredevils last April.

Ryan Harris missed the first Test of the 2013 Ashes series in England still recovering from an Achilles injury he picked up for Kings XI Punjab, the same club as Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, George Bailey and Mitchell Johnson.

And Steve Smith was in doubt for the preceding Australia A tour two years ago, injuring his back playing for the now defunct Pune Warriors.

Smith is currently the captain of the Rajasthan Royals, standing in for injured skipper Shane Watson who bruised his hip in the nets prior to the tournament, but the allrounder is expected to return to action on Sunday.