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A demoralized Indian team which had lost against West Indies at Ahmedabad has lost its senior bowler, Ajit Agarkar who has been ruled out of the tournament with a broken thumb. It is learnt that Ajit Agarkar had sustained a hair line fracture to his left thumb after trying to field a Runako Morton straight drive off his own bowling. Shantakumaran Sreesanth, the nippy Kerala fast bowler who did little wrong not to find a place in the Indian team for this Tournament is Agarkar’s replacement. It is more than likely that Ajit Agarkar will be missing next month’s South Africa tour as the nature of injury takes atleast four weeks to heal. The team for the five One Dayers will be picked during India’s last league match against Australia at Mohali. India and Australia are both in a must-win situation on Sunday, the side that wins will join New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa in the Semi Finals.
It’s not just Ajit Agarkar who has an injury, medium pacer Munaf Patel who has been one of the best bowlers for India in the last two series is struggling with wrist pain. Middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh has hurt his left knee today during a warm-up game of kho-kho. The team’s trainer Greg King has been in hospital since few days and has been suffering from Dengue, a disease caused by mosquito bite.