Sachin Tendulkar was on Monday ruled out of the entire ODI series against England
because of a toe injury, dealing a massive blow to a struggling India
which has already been laid low by a spate of injuries to key players.
 Tendulkar missed the opening match of the ODI series because of an inflamation of the toe injury and will need at least four weeks to recover fully. © AFP |
Tendulkar was carrying this injury for quite a while but the problem
aggravated just before the opening match of the five-match series at
Chester-le-Street on Saturday.
The 38-year-old Tendulkar missed the opening match of the ODI series
because of an inflamation of the toe injury and will need at least four
weeks to recover fully.
"Tendulkar has been ruled out of the series and he will take another
four weeks to regain fitness," team manager Shivlal Yadav said.
The veteran batsman, who captains Mumbai Indians, is also almost
certain to miss the Champions League Twenty20 event to be held at four
venues in the country from September 19 to October 9.
The batting maestro, who is just one short of completing the
incredible milestone of 100 international centuries, will have to wait
longer with this latest injury.
It has been a wretched tour so far for India, who lost the Test
series 0-4 before being handed a defeat in the lone Twenty20 match as
well.
The team is already missing key players such as Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma and Zaheer
Khan due to injuries.
Sharma was the last Indian cricketer to have been ruled out after
being hit by a Stuart Broad delivery in the 38th over of the Indian
innings during the first ODI.
Sharma retired hurt after facing that ball. He went for a check up and a fracture was confirmed.
While Sehwag is out because of hearing problems, Gambhir has been
forced to go back due to blurred vision following an awkward fall during
a Test. Zaheer, on the other hand, has already undergone an ankle
surgery.
0 comments:
Post a Comment