Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid

[King Tendulkar]

He is being flown out and may well be available for the next odi

[King Tendulkar]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid An avulsion fracture on the middle finger of his right hand has ruled Rahul Dravid out of the rest of the one-day series. He will also miss the Twenty20 game on Friday, and the warm-up game for the Test series at Potchefstroom (December 7-10). He will stay on in South Africa for treatment, and experts expect him to be available for the Test series that starts in Johannesburg on December 15. In his absence, Virender Sehwag will lead the side. Meanwhile, VVS Laxman has been asked to join the squad in South Africa as replacement for Dravid. "He might or might not play the next ODI but will be available for the Centurion match, which will be preparation for the Tests as well," Venkatapathy Raju, the national selector, told Cricinfo. In South Africa Laxman has played just two matches in October 2001, scoring 15 and 5. Laxman's experience will complement the resources already available in the form of three specialist batsmen - Wasim Jaffer, Suresh Raina and Dinesh Mongia - who sat out the defeat at Newlands in Cape Town. Dravid sustained the injury while trying to catch Shaun Pollock off the bowling of Harbhajan Singh at first slip. The ball flew off the edge and appeared to snap the finger back. "He does not require surgery, and the injury will be treated conservatively," said Rajan Nair, the Indian team media manager, who also added that John Gloster, the team physio, would be monitoring the situation in consultation with a local expert. Dravid batted through the pain for 179 minutes on Sunday, scoring 63 from 103 balls as India went down by 106 runs in Cape Town. He was treated on the field during the 38th over, but was taken for an X-ray on Monday morning after he complained of severe pain during the night. India are already 2-0 down in the ODI series, with games remaining at Port Elizabeth on Wednesday and Centurion on Sunday. Sehwag has captained India before but, significantly, is struggling with his own form; he was out without scoring at Cape Town on Sunday. Dravid's is the latest injury problem for India on this tour after Sehwag missed the second one-dayer at Durban. Fast bowler Munaf Patel sat out of the third match on Sunday owing to a sore left ankle. Yuvraj Singh, who hurt his knee during the Champions Trophy in late October, was earlier ruled out of the entire ODI series.

[Raj]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid As they would say here in the black country, where i am from, "whim fooked", to put it mildly...

[dhruvdeepak]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid rohan will be pleased huh. its an obvious move but i doubt he would play in any of the odis

[King Tendulkar]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid It shows complete lack of faith in reserve batters out there.

[beetle]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid beggers can't be choosers ........jo bhi hai ....woh chalega.... Waisay this is an excellent chance for vvs to prove people wrong......best wishes to him!

[Raj]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid ^ do you blame them dsr? :chin: The team is in a shambles... I feel sorry for the fans who have bought tickets for the WC.

[King Tendulkar]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid Not at all. I have no faith in the reserves either. Peronally I would have flown out Gambhir, Laxman and Badrinath. Then flown back to India Kaif, Raina and Karthick.

[talksport]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid At least it wil stop Rohan495 ( 495 Kyon) from opening a thread easy morning and night

[Zooter]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid The failure is now complete. The absolute last thing India need is for VVS to deliver in one of these matches and then start complaining about how he should be selected for the One-Day team as well. Kumble and VVS in the one-day squad ... ... ... ... the nightmare is in full swing. Like I said, get rid of another bowler and force Dravid to keep wickets--that'll pretty much ensure we don't even beat Bangladesh. Anywhooze ... ... the most heartening thing about that article was how Dravid got injured while fielding and still became our best batsman while chasing--he just played through it (and no complaining during the post-game interview or anything).

[Raj]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid ^ Yeah the guy just oozes class, a true gentleman.

[Gambit]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid Anyone at this stage will do. Anyone. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

[yoda]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid Hope Dravid recovers soon. Without him, the tests could turn out to be worse than the ODIs. Don't think this VVS selection means much except that he is a sure shot selection for tests and they want him to get some batting practice in the last ODI if we are already down 0-3 by then.

[Bumper]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid Picking VVS is a good move. Atleast if he bats himself into some kind of form, he'll be ready come Tests

[kabira]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid this shows the contribution of Yuvraj Singh last year...he carried middle order.. its time to throw Kaif for sure...

[Rohan495]

im very happy Finally, Laxman will have his chance before the world cup. It is good move, and this will test Laxman's desire to be part of the world cup squad.

[Sooda]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid

As they would say here in the black country' date=' where i am from, "whim fooked", to put it mildly...[/quote'] Quite As for Yuvi the guy is a big time FTB...I guess hes still better than DK and kaif Kaif shd go yes, but really so should Sehwag- if anything Kaif has been better of late than Viru. Drop IKP also Gambhir, Joginder and Venu should replace Kaif, IKP and Raina. Viru should be given a permanent spot at 5

[Don]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid Wat sort of message does it send when the chief selector himself said not too long ago that Laxman was unfit for ODIs (even though he was fit) and so wasnt reckoned for selection. And all of a sudeen without any fitness tests or certificates is fit for ODIs. This is all fucked up to the core.

[gator]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid Lax will be a step back... he was not really setting the world on fire in ODIs.... without yuvi and Dravid, our batting looks in shambles...

[yoda]

Re: Laxman has been called up as replacement for Dravid He is there just to get some batting practice for the test series if we are down 0-3. No worries.