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Ganguly to return home, miss second Pakistan Test
Multan, Mar 30: India`s captain Sourav Ganguly will fly home from Pakistan to have his injured back treated and will miss next week`s second Test in Lahore, it was announced on Tuesday.
Multan, Mar 30: India's captain Sourav Ganguly will fly home from Pakistan to have his injured back treated and will miss next week's second Test in Lahore, it was announced on Tuesday.
Team manager Ratnakar Shetty said Ganguly could return for the third and final Test in Rawalpindi from April 13 if doctors find him fit enough to play.
"There has been no sign of improvement in Ganguly's condition over the last three to four days and he will go home to Kolkata to consult doctors there," Shetty told reporters.
"He will return only if the doctors declare him fit to play."
One-day specialist Mohammad Kaif will fly in on April 3 to replace Ganguly in the 15-man squad for the second Test starting at Lahore's Gaddafi stadium on April 5. Ganguly, 30, missed the ongoing first Test here when he hurt his lower back during last week's fifth and final one-dayer in Lahore which India won to clinch the series 3-2.
The Indian captain, who lay on the field for several minutes soon after he fell while trying to stop a ball, had to be carried off in a stretcher.
Scans carried out at a Lahore hospital showed no serious damage, but Shetty said the pain had not decreased.
Vice-captain Rahul Dravid, who is leading India in the Multan Test in Ganguly's absence, will remain in-charge for the second Test also. Bureau Report
"There has been no sign of improvement in Ganguly's condition over the last three to four days and he will go home to Kolkata to consult doctors there," Shetty told reporters.
"He will return only if the doctors declare him fit to play."
One-day specialist Mohammad Kaif will fly in on April 3 to replace Ganguly in the 15-man squad for the second Test starting at Lahore's Gaddafi stadium on April 5. Ganguly, 30, missed the ongoing first Test here when he hurt his lower back during last week's fifth and final one-dayer in Lahore which India won to clinch the series 3-2.
The Indian captain, who lay on the field for several minutes soon after he fell while trying to stop a ball, had to be carried off in a stretcher.
Scans carried out at a Lahore hospital showed no serious damage, but Shetty said the pain had not decreased.
Vice-captain Rahul Dravid, who is leading India in the Multan Test in Ganguly's absence, will remain in-charge for the second Test also. Bureau Report