Poochandi

February 07, 2011

A major setback for the Indian team before their World Cup campaign as fast bowler Praveen Kumar has been ruled out of the tournament due to an elbow injury.

Praveen had returned home during the ODI series against South Africa, after he had aggravated an elbow injury. Despite that he was included in the final 15 squad for the World Cup.

He was undergoing treatment at Bangalore's National Cricket Academy after which he went off to England. But the injury was just not getting better and time was running out, so Praveen is out. His replacement will be named soon and it's likely to be a toss up between Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma and R Vinay Kumar.