India’s Sachin Tendulkar ruled out of England series
Star Indian batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and will fly back home soon. He missed the first One Day International (ODI) of the five-match series due to a toe injury.
India have had a miserable series in England, as the team has not won a single match yet. Apart from that, many key players have been ruled out of the series due to injury problems, leaving skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 with limited choices.
The problems for the Men in Blue started from the Test series when they lost their pace ace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 during the first game at the Lord’s cricket ground. The left-arm seamer had a good start to the match, picking up a couple of quick wickets, but failed
to continue after that.
Zaheer has been the most dominant Indian pacer in the recent past. He played a vital part in the team’s success in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011, ending up as the highest wicket-taker of the tournament.
The next player to sustain in injury was talented opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, who struggled throughout the English tour. He missed and played some Test matches, but was eventually ruled out of the limited-over format.
Gambhir’s regular opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 vulnerable in
challenging conditions.
While India’s pace attack is led by Zaheer, Harbhajan has been the team’s leading spinner for the past decade. He was another key member of the team to sustain in injury, which ruled him out of the series.
The tourists had high hopes of a better show in the limited-over format of the game, but injuries kept on hunting them, putting the team on the back foot.
Stylish middle-order player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, which ruled the batsman out of the series.
Probably the biggest blow for the Men in Blue is the injury to Tendulkar, who has been waiting to bring up his 100th international ton.
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