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Injured pacer Munaf to return to India
By Qaiser Mohammad Ali, IANS,
May 18, 2007 - 1:14:55 PM
Chittagong, May 18 - India's pacer Munaf Patel is returning home due to a back injury and will be replaced by lanky Delhi pacer Ishant Sharma, the board announced Friday.
Patel was omitted for the first Test against Bangladesh that began here Friday. Left-arm-pacer Rudra Pratap Singh replaced him at the Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium.
Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India -, said in an e-mail message that the Baroda bowler 'has been declared unfit with pain in the lower back'.
'The team management - has decided to send Munaf back and they have requested a replacement for him,' Shah said.
'Chairman of selection committee Dilip Vengsarkar, in consultation with his colleagues, has decided to send young Ishant Sharma to reinforce the team -.'
Vengsarkar is here with the team.
Earlier, pacer Sreesanth was sent back to India with a calf problem. Singh, who was here for the One-day International series, was asked to stay back as his replacement.
India won the ODI series 2-0.
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