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India call for replacement for Laxman

July 26, 2004 11:23 IST

India have called for a replacement to join them at the Asia Cup to cover for batsman V V S Laxman, who is suffering from a bruised knee.

Laxman first injured his left knee when he was hit by a ball in practice in Dambulla before India's match against Sri Lanka last weekend.

The injury was aggravated during a net session on Friday and Laxman was forced out of India's clash against Pakistan on Sunday. Pakistan won the game by 59 runs.

"We have called for a replacement for Laxman because his knee won't recover in time for tomorrow," said captain Sourav Ganguly. "There is a lot of haematoma in the knee which the doctor says cannot be taken off," he added.

India's next match, a game they must win to qualify for the final on August 1, is against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

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	Sub: sehwag has inproved sehwag has shown his class in chennai test against australia.he is a hard hitter.but he should have patience for first 5-10 overs. Posted by Rohitendu mohan mishra (wipro)

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	Sub: laxmans absence.................... I think first there is seems like no back up plan for any batsman failures ,which is why we are depending so much on our ... Posted by Gopal

	Sub: My View on yesterday match I think Balaji should be kept out of the team as he is struggling withe the form.Instead we should play wid 2 spinners and a ... Posted by Viral

	Sub: Bruised knee or bruised ego? Though it is said that V.V.S.Laxman has been suffering from a bruised knee (the ostensible reason given for calling for a replacement to cover for ... Posted by R. V. Iyengar

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