India suffered another setback in the bowling department with Munaf Patel
being called back from the Bangladesh tour after being declared unfit due
to a lower back spasm.
Patel strained himself while bowling in the nets yesterday and had to sit out
of the first Test against Bangladesh that began here today.
Delhi medium-pacer Ishant Sharma, who has been on the
fringes for quite sometime now, was named as Patel's replacement, according
to a release from the BCCI.
Patel became the third member of the squad to return home due
to an injury after S Sreesanth and Manoj Tiwary.
A left-calf injury put Sreesanth out of contention from the
two Test matches and R P Singh, who was in the ODI team, was asked
to stay back for the remaining part of the tour.
Young Tiwary's dream of earning his maiden India cap turned into a nightmare
as he returned home even before the first match was played after injuring his
shoulder during fielding practice.
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