Praveen Kumar's injury is worse than at first feared, and the Indian fast bowler will now miss the entire one-day series against West Indies as well as the Test series in Australia that follows it. Kumar, 25, was initially ruled out of the first three ODIs of the ongoing five-match series because of a chest injury. However, a further scan on Monday revealed that the Indian fast bowler has a cracked rib, after the report of his tests came through on Tuesday.
He has also been battling against a frequent elbow problem, which kept him out of his team's successful 50-over World Cup campaign at home earlier this year. Kumar is expected to recover in 5-6 weeks, and has thus been ruled out of India's forthcoming games. Abhimanyu Mithun, 22, had already been called up to replace him in the squad for the opening three ODIs. His replacement for the Australia tour will be named on December 5, when the selectors meet in Ahmedabad to pick the Indian team for the last two ODIs against the West Indies.
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He has also been battling against a frequent elbow problem, which kept him out of his team's successful 50-over World Cup campaign at home earlier this year. Kumar is expected to recover in 5-6 weeks, and has thus been ruled out of India's forthcoming games. Abhimanyu Mithun, 22, had already been called up to replace him in the squad for the opening three ODIs. His replacement for the Australia tour will be named on December 5, when the selectors meet in Ahmedabad to pick the Indian team for the last two ODIs against the West Indies.
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