Zaheer, Sreesanth to miss series
Published:Saturday | June 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM
NEW DELHI (AP):India's injured fast bowlers Zaheer Khan and Shanthaku-maran Sreesanth have been ruled out of a three-Test series against West Indies this month.
N. Srinivasan, an Indian cricket board official, said in a statement yesterday that Khan (right ankle) and Sreesanth (right elbow) will require time off for rehabilitation.
Abhimanyu Mithun and Praveen Kumar have been named as their replacements in the 16-man India squad for the Test series beginning on June 20 in Kingston, Jamaica.
India's top batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh have already opted out of the series.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), VVS Laxman, Murali Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Subramaniam Badrinath, Harb-hajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Abhimanyu Mithun, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel.