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Sehwag in injury scare
March 05, 2003 19:10 IST
India suffered a World Cup scare on Wednesday when opening batsman Virender Sehwag was taken to hospital with a finger injury.
X-rays, however, showed there is no fracture.
Sehwag grimaced in pain after misjudging a high catch hit for him by coach John Wright. Captain Sourav Ganguly immediately shouted out for the team physio before Sehwag was led away.
Team media manager Amrit Mathur said: "There is no fracture. X-rays have shown there is no break. He should be fine but right now he is very stiff and sore.
"We will assess the injury on Thursday to see if he can play against Kenya."
India play Kenya in their first match of the World Cup Super Sixes on Friday at Cape Town. They go into the second round with eight points, four behind Australia and two behind the Kenyans.
The 24-year-old Sehwag is an explosive right-hander used by India to launch their one-day innings. He has modelled his game on world number one batsman and team mate Sachin Tendulkar to such an extent that the pair can be hard to tell apart.
Sehwag has yet to find his best form at the World Cup, averaging 19 in six innings, although his strike rate has been an impressive 96.61, almost a run a ball.
In a highly charged group game against arch-rivals Pakistan he scored 21 off 14 balls, putting on 53 for the opening wicket with Tendulkar off 5.4 overs.
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We pray to god to heal Sehwag at the earliest to give us the impetus to life the world cup with his best services with ...
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Sub: sehwag's performance
SEHWAG HAS TO CONCENTRATE MUCH ON THE GAME APART FROM THE ADS. HE SHOULD TRY TO STAY ATLEAST FOR FIRST 15 OVERS FOR THE TEAMS ...
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Sub: hi
can shewag had a chance to prove himself?
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He needs to get a big score and the match against kenya was the righ platform for him.
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Sub: Tension for India
Shehwag has been very impressive perticulary in strike-rate in past matches. Though he has not yet created solid impression on any mind, but he has ...
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