Paceman S Sreesanth was today ruled out of the second cricket one-dayer against
South Africa as India continued to be dogged by injuries and illness
in their tour of the United Kingdom.
While the Kerala bowler will sit out for the second successive game, there is
also a question mark on the availability of Gautam Gambhir who is down
with fever.
"Sreesanth has not recovered as yet and will miss tomorrow's
game," Indian captain Rahul Dravid said.
The Indians, however, have something to cheer about with wicketkeeper-batsman
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has sat out all the matches so far, expected
to take the field in the crucial match tomorrow.
The team management will take a final decision on Gambhir and
Ajit Agarkar, another victim of the flu bug, on the morning of the match
which India has to win to keep themselves afloat in the three-match series.
Dravid admitted that Agarkar and Dhoni could be a bit rusty
as they had been out of action for a week.
"It would be better if they had some practice but it has been raining
heavily here," he said.
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