The 2000th Test - Team manager wants http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 to bat on Day 5 of the Lord’s Test – Cricket News Update
Anirudh Chowdhary, the manager of Team India, expects the team’s opening batsman, Gautam Gambhir, to recover from his minor elbow injury and bat on Day 5 of the 1st Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, at Lord’s. He thinks that Gambhir’s batting is likely to
save India from a follow-on and a subsequent defeat in the high-voltage game.
The Men in Blue need 378 with nine wickets in hand to win the match, which is entering the fifth and final day today.
Gambhir picked up an elbow injury yesterday when the English wicketkeeper batsman, Matt Prior’s shot hit him. The X-ray report revealed that there was no fracture but Gambhir was still facing pain and swelling.
The young Indian guy gave his opening place to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 yesterday, when India started their second innings. Dravid scored 34, not out till the closure of Day 4’s play.
In the first innings of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 for just 15 runs off 46 balls.
The team manager considers the left-hander a game changer, who can maneuver victory for India with his solid batting.
Talking to the media today, Chowdhary said, “It was an impact injury. We have got it x-rayed and there is no fracture, nothing of the sort. He is presently icing it and he should be good (to bat)."
Gambhir has been staying away from International cricket since the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 a month ago.
However, the batsman showed heroics at the domestic level by leading Kolkata Knight Riders in the glamorous Indian Premier League-4, which started just six days after the World Cup.
Some analysts believe that had Gambhir played the Caribbean series, he would have been in better form now.
The Delhi-born player has represented Team India in 38 Tests, 114 ODIs and 23 T20Is so far. He made his Test debut in 2004 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
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