Gambhir out of Windies tour, Raina likely to lead

[Cricket Tragic]

****. If he does miss out, why not give the captaincy to Kohli?

[Sid]

More than his injury,I am more worried about Raina leading us in Windies,man I sense a disaster coming up like the last Zim tour.

[debachat]

More than his injury' date='I am more worried about Raina leading us in Windies,man I sense a disaster coming up like the last Zim tour.[/quote'] +100. It can easily become our Waterloo with half the team gone! OTOH - it will be great if the young team can put up their hands. That will relieve a lot of pressure from the seniors!

[WC2011INDIA]

Guys, we are totally screwed for WI and possibly England tours.

[ganeshran]

Hope KKR lose today, so Gambhir can get some rest this week goddy is anyway not going to Windies :aha: :yay:

[jairamesh]

so wots Gambhir doing playing today? more sensationalist reporting than sensible!

[Chandan]

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TIMES NOW has an exclusive report which clearly shows that India's standing captain Gautam Gambhir is playing the IPL with a serious injury to his shoulder and groin. What's shocking is that though this was known on the 23rd, the BCCI was informed of the same only a couple of hours before the match. As per the report the injury is serious and a rest of 4-6 weeks has been recommended. This could rule him out of the West Indies tour of India next month, where he has been chosen as captain. PS: If you are not able to see the video here, please visit this page: LINK .

[Karan114]

Great, so not only do we need a stand in for the stand in captain for the ODI series but we also go into the WI Test series without both our openers. Great news for Ravi Rampaul and co. :two_thumbs_up:

[jairamesh]

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TIMES NOW has an exclusive report which clearly shows that India's standing captain Gautam Gambhir is playing the IPL with a serious injury to his shoulder and groin. What's shocking is that though this was known on the 23rd, the BCCI was informed of the same only a couple of hours before the match. As per the report the injury is serious and a rest of 4-6 weeks has been recommended. This could rule him out of the West Indies tour of India next month, where he has been chosen as captain. PS: If you are not able to see the video here, please visit this page: LINK .

Are we going to see this as the beginning of the first proper battle between BCCI and a powerful IPL team over player availability. Either way this doesn't bode well, with Gambhir playing with serious injuries and yet the BCCI doing nothing or even worse...powerless aginst KKR to suggest not to play Gambhir

[Ultimate_Game]

What's with Indian players and shoulder injuries? Sehwag, Zaheer, Tendulkar and now Gambhir!!! I hope BCCI sends a 2nd XI to Windies so as not to risk first XI for Eng and Aus tours

[Karan114]

Not sure how reliable, but TOI claims Raina will replace Gambhir as captain: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/india-in-west-indies/top-stories/Gambhir-likely-to-miss-Windies-tour-with-sore-shoulder/articleshow/8574542.cms Wonder who the openers will be for the Tests: Vijay with Mukund and Rahane?

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Gambhir has been advised 4 weeks rest.So there is a chance he will be fit for the tests.

[Cricket Tragic]

Gambhir out of Windies tour, Raina likely to lead

Gautam Gambhir could miss the limited-overs leg of India's tour of the West Indies next month following the aggravation of a shoulder injury that was sustained during the World Cup final. Gambhir, named India's captain for that part of the tour, has been advised four to six weeks' rest by Andrew Leipus, the Kolkata Knight Riders trainer, and could even miss the subsequent tour of England. If it comes to pass, Gambhir's absence will leave India without their three best specialist openers - Virender Sehwag has recently undergone shoulder surgery and Sachin Tendulkar has been rested for the short-format games. It will also fuel the debate over the importance given to the IPL vis-a-vis international cricket, and - given that Sehwag also played through the IPL with his injury - raise questions over the responsibility of the BCCI, the IPL franchises and the players. Gambhir played the IPL Eliminator on Wednesday, the same day Leipus wrote to the BCCI. However, Kolkata's loss to Mumbai Indians has saved Gambhir and the franchise from having to decide on his further participation in the tournament. In his letter, addressed to BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, Leipus - a former India physio - said the player felt acute pain in his right shoulder while landing on it in the field at one point during the World Cup final against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede stadium on April 2. Subsequent scans have now revealed a serious injury that would require him to avoid throwing or batting for four to six weeks. "Gautam arrived in Kolkata at the start of the IPL complaining of a 'sore shoulder', the onset of which occurred during the World Cup final," Leipus' letter said. "He clearly recollects a fielding incident where he landed on an outstretched arm and felt a catch deep in the shoulder. In the euphoria at the time, his attention was deservedly elsewhere and he didn't bother telling anyone about it." Gambhir, he said, informed him of the shoulder pain when he arrived to play the IPL. "His initial complaints were pain in the shoulder and significant reduction of power in his throw. The clinical findings supported the mechanism of the onset of the acute injury, however, he did report having corticosteroid injections on two occasions over the previous few years," Leipus stated in his report, a copy of which is available with ESPNcricinfo. "Knowledge of this history leads me to suspect that any internal derangement may have been pre-existing and this recent incident (World Cup final) only served to aggravate or progress the injury (i.e. acute on chronic)," Leipus wrote. Accordingly, Leipus said, he initiated a plan for management and rehabilitation, post which Gambhir only reported pain "intermittently". But during Kolkata's final group match at the Eden Gardens on May 22, against Mumbai Indians, Gambhir winced in pain immediately after sending back a throw to the wicketkeeper from the deep. Leipus confirmed that the throw had "aggravated" the pain. The team then travelled for the eliminators to Mumbai, where Gambhir consulted a prominent Mumbai-based surgeon and had an MRI scan taken. "Both the doctor and myself believe that he should follow an intensive, supervised and conservative rehabilitation pathway. But for the best outcome, he will need to avoid both throwing and batting for a period 4-6 weeks. In this regard I would expect that the BCCI medical committee would need to consider the ongoing management of Gautam's shoulder injury beyond the IPL and the possibility of his missing any immediate future tours until the shoulder is fully rehabilitated," Leipus said. If Gambhir does indeed sit out that tour, Suresh Raina, appointed vice-captain, is likely to take over the leadership role. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/516717.html

[Cricket Tragic]

Andrew Leipus' note to the BCCI also mentioned a chronic groin injury Gambhir has been carrying for two years and suggested the player underwent rehab for both the shoulder and groin problems simultaneously but stressed that the player needed "active" and "daily" attention. "Both injuries are chronic and ideally require time away from the stresses of international cricket in order for them to settle and rehabilitate properly. I emphasise, however, that such rehabilitation is active ... he would require almost daily professional supervision in order to provide both hands-on manual treatment in addition to the rehabilitation programme."

[Malcolm Merlyn]

If both Gambhir and sehwag are out of England tour,We are sitting ducks then.

[Cricket Tragic]

I think that the BCCI should give him a break for the entire tour. No point rushing him back for the WI tests. The main aim should be to have everyone fit for England.

[Karan114]

If both Gambhir and sehwag are out of England tour' date='We are sitting ducks then.[/quote'] Yep. Its not clear how bad Tendulkar's shoulder is too.

[ganeshran]

[Cricket Tragic]

Not sure how reliable, but TOI claims Raina will replace Gambhir as captain: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/india-in-west-indies/top-stories/Gambhir-likely-to-miss-Windies-tour-with-sore-shoulder/articleshow/8574542.cms Wonder who the openers will be for the Tests: Vijay with Mukund and Rahane?

Well Raina is the VC. He will take over if the skipper is injured. I'd pick Mukund and Rahane but Style Boy VJ got a hundred vs Australia and will be the opener. All 3 should be picked since we need a reserve opener. Please don't make a middle order player open because Sehwag/GG will be back. Pick specialists. I just hope that they don't pick some failure from the past due to "experience" or runs in that country on a previous tour (Chopra/Jaffer). Unlikely but you never know with our selectors.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

I think Gambhir will be back for the tests in WI. MAnoj Tiwary should replace him for the ODIs.