PK injury confusion | Ruled out for Oz tour with fractured rib

[Karan114]

Blunt chest or blunder over elbow injury? Amol Karhadkar, Hindustan Times Cuttack, November 29, 2011 When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Jagdale called the chairman of the national selection panel, K Srikkanth, on Sunday and told him to keep a replacement ready for swinging sensation, Praveen Kumar, the former India opener was taken aback. After consulting his fellow selectors, Srikkanth recommended Karnataka paceman Abhimanyu Mithun to take Praveen's spot, if required. However, neither Srikkanth nor his colleagues were aware what was wrong with the Uttar Pradesh bowler. In fact, even the team management wasn't sure why Praveen was the lone man missing from training at the Barabati Stadium on Monday, ahead of the opening ODI against the West Indies. Å©e has some niggle... He will come tomorrow or the day after. He is not available for the first ODI, said stand-in captain Virender Sehwag. While HT has learnt that the Ã…Ãiggle that Sehwag was referring to was in fact an elbow problem that has dogged Praveen since his last international game against England in the lone Twenty20 International in Kolkata on October 29 the BCCI had a different take on this. űraveen Kumar has got a blunt chest on the left side, and has therefore been ruled out of the first three ODIs against the West Indies. Abhimanyu Mithun will replace him in the squad for the first three games, a statement issued by Jagdale on Monday evening said. (Blunt chest is a trauma injury caused by a sudden impact). However, there is no way one can take the BCCIÃÔ version at face value. After all, after doing his elbow in during the England Twenty20, Praveen, who had been ruled out of the World Cup due to tennis elbow, was advised two weeks rest. But since Uttar Pradesh were to play Saurashtra in a Ranji Trophy tie in Meerut, PraveenÃÔ hometown, he made himself available for the match. But after bowling 27 overs in the first innings, he did not feel well. As a result, of the 41 overs UP bowled in SaurashtraÃÔ second innings, Praveen bowled just one. WhatÃÔ interesting is that the national selectors had no clue about PraveenÃÔ injury when they named the squad for the first three ODIs against West Indies. While Praveen was due to visit the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore for getting his fitness certificate, the physios at the NCA neither informed the selectors that PK had missed the test nor did they tell them that he had not been certified fit. Assuming that Praveen was available for selection, the selectors not only named him in the squad for the ODIs but also for the Australia Test series. While one cannot be certain whether PK will make an appearance during the West Indies ODIs, or in the Australia Tests for that matter, the soap opera of mysterious injuries to Indian cricketers just doesnÃÕ seem to end. (With inputs from Sharad Deep in Lucknow) http://www.hindustantimes.com/Cricket/CricketNews/Blunt-chest-or-blunder-over-elbow-injury/Article1-775304.aspx Total miscommunication between players, the NCA and selectors as usual. You would have thought this is exactly the sort of thing that would have been sorted out after the England disaster but seems like they will never learn :facepalm:

[Stuge]

They need to get their act right over these issues . It seriously sucks that they aren't aware of the players fitness before selecting him ,and on top of it they keep repeating the same mistakes again and again:((

[cowboysfan]

I feel the players have been selfish,they are deathly scared to lose their spots in the side and dont get proper treatment.they never seem to properly heal from their injuries,there is never a proper diagnosis of the problem and they keep having the same injuries.Cheeka is also not helping the problem,he might be the worst selector we have ever had ,talk about being clueless.**** up after **** up in every damn series is too much to take,if he has any shame he would resign asap.

[The Realist]

Even non-league football teams have better fitness and medical systems in place. All that money and they cannot even do the basic fitness checks, no wonder the national team resembles a fat camp and a retirement home :facepalm:

[Switchblade]

Even non-league football teams have better fitness and medical systems in place. All that money and they cannot even do the basic fitness checks, no wonder the national team resembles a fat camp and a retirement home :facepalm:

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[The Outsider]

Don't worry - there is this brigade on ICF about what wrong can Srikkanth do and they'll fill us up with the appropriate excuses!

[suraj]

Even non-league football teams have better fitness and medical systems in place. All that money and they cannot even do the basic fitness checks, no wonder the national team resembles a fat camp and a retirement home :facepalm:

:haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha: ROFL

[The Dark Horse]

Is a selector supposed to check the fitness of players like a physio? If so we should select doctors as selectors :D

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Praveen Kumar selection and then getting ruled out due to injury: Blunt chest or blunder over elbow injury? More... Blunt chest or blunder over elbow injury? Amol Karhadkar, Hindustan Times Cuttack, November 29, 2011 When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Jagdale called the chairman of the national selection panel, K Srikkanth, on Sunday and told him to keep a replacement ready for swinging sensation, Praveen Kumar, the former India opener was taken aback. After consulting his fellow selectors, Srikkanth recommended Karnataka paceman Abhimanyu Mithun to take Praveen's spot, if required. However, neither Srikkanth nor his colleagues were aware what was wrong with the Uttar Pradesh bowler. In fact, even the team management wasn't sure why Praveen was the lone man missing from training at the Barabati Stadium on Monday, ahead of the opening ODI against the West Indies. "He has some niggle... He will come tomorrow or the day after. He is not available for the first ODI ", said stand-in captain Virender Sehwag. While HT has learnt that the "niggle" that Sehwag was referring to was in fact an elbow problem that has dogged Praveen since his last international game against England in the lone Twenty20 International in Kolkata on October 29 the BCCI had a different take on this. "Praveen Kumar has got a blunt chest on the left side, and has therefore been ruled out of the first three ODIs against the West Indies. Abhimanyu Mithun will replace him in the squad for the first three games, a statement issued by Jagdale on Monday evening said. (Blunt chest is a trauma injury caused by a sudden impact). However, there is no way one can take the BCCI's version at face value. After all, after doing his elbow in during the England Twenty20, Praveen, who had been ruled out of the World Cup due to tennis elbow, was advised two weeks rest. But since Uttar Pradesh were to play Saurashtra in a Ranji Trophy tie in Meerut, Praveen's hometown, he made himself available for the match. But after bowling 27 overs in the first innings, he did not feel well. As a result, of the 41 overs UP bowled in Saurashtra's second innings, Praveen bowled just one. What's interesting is that the national selectors had no clue about Praveen's injury when they named the squad for the first three ODIs against West Indies. While Praveen was due to visit the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore for getting his fitness certificate, the physios at the NCA neither informed the selectors that PK had missed the test nor did they tell them that he had not been certified fit. Assuming that Praveen was available for selection, the selectors not only named him in the squad for the ODIs but also for the Australia Test series. While one cannot be certain whether PK will make an appearance during the West Indies ODIs, or in the Australia Tests for that matter, the soap opera of mysterious injuries to Indian cricketers just doesn't seem to end.

[saneindian]

Absolutely no lessons learnt. The goof ups continue.

[Needforspeed]

Don't risk him for Aussie tour. Select Abu Nechim...We will have 4 bowlers 140+

[Sooda]

Farce. Cant imagine he played with an injury, cbfan is right, selfishness and short term money making at the risk of the team and players own well being. Selectors need to be able to rely on players being a bit honest and forthcoming too. As an aside cannot beleive Mithun is persisted with as an ODI bowler. List A Average of 30-odd, er of 5+

[The Realist]

Prav Koomar now out of the Aus tour as has FRACTURED RIB. Erm do we even HAVE a medical/physio team?.... :facepalm: PS. At least better finding out now then when on tour... RP Singh anybody?...

[ganeshran]

[Sachinism]

Praveen Kumar out of Aus series with fractured rib Praveen Kumar, the India medium-pacer, has been ruled out of the ongoing limited-overs series against West Indies and the Test series in Australia because of a fractured rib. Praveen had a scan on Monday that revealed the fracture, and is expected to be out for five to six weeks. A replacement will be named for the Tests in Australia on December 5. More to follow http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/542404.html Will Irfan grab this opportunity?

[Sachin=GOD]

Damn!!!

[rkt.india]

Praveen Kumar, the India medium-pacer, has been ruled out of the ongoing limited-overs series against West Indies and the Test series in Australia because of a fractured rib. Praveen had a scan on Monday that revealed the fracture, and is expected to be out for five to six weeks. A replacement will be named for the Tests in Australia on December 5. More to follow http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/542404.html Will Irfan grab this opportunity?

:WTF:

[vamos_rafa]

:WTF:

Irfan has been doing pretty well in the Domestic season. I don't know whether picking him would be a correct option but he's the only one who's fit and performing. Or, we might see some surprise name coming up/

[ganeshran]

If Zak isnt fit, Selectors will go to Irfan.

[Sooda]

Will be RPS or Mithun given recent call ups. But its the BCCI so anything can happen. RIDICULOUS that our best paceman of the last series was allowed bowl when injured for UP. Insane that he opeted to play. Cant understand what went wrong and where.