Test replacements leave for Colombo
Leaving behind memories of the crushing defeat to Sri Lanka in the final of the triangular series at Colombo yesterday, eight Indian cricketers arrived in Chennai on Monday
06-Aug-2001
Leaving behind memories of the crushing defeat to Sri Lanka in the
final of the triangular series at Colombo yesterday, eight Indian
cricketers arrived in Chennai on Monday.
A few hours before the eight returned from Colombo at the end of the
one-dayers, the six players selected for the three-Test series against
Sri Lanka left Chennai for Colombo.
Karnataka speedsters, Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad, who
arrived in Chennai yesterday, will join the Indian team in Colombo on
Tuesday afternoon, cricket board sources said.
No confirmation was available as to when Sachin Tendulkar would be
joining the team but Board Secretary JY Lele had on August 2 said
Tendulkar had to undergo a bone scan on August 10 and his inclusion
would depend on the result of this scan. In case Tendulkar was unable
to join the team in the test series, Jacob Martin would replace him.
Openers Shiv Sunder Das and Sadagoppan Ramesh, Mohd Kaif, Sairaj
Bahutule, Dinesh Mongia and Harvinder Singh left for Colombo on Monday
afternoon.
Among the eight players who returned, Zaheer Khan, who is nursing a
'stress fracture' on his right shin, will stay back in Chennai. Khan
is due to undergo a bone scan at a private hospital on Tuesday and
before returning to Colombo.
Others who arrived were VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Amay Khurasiya,
Virender Shewag, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Ajit Agarkar and Debasis
Mohtanty. They are scheduled to leave for their respective homes on
Monday evening. The first Test begins on August 14 at Galle.