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 Mohali, Oct 20: Tamil Nadu batsman Hemang Badani will replace skipper Sourav Ganguly in the Indian team to play in the first two matches of the tri-series ODI tournament beginning on Thursday, the Cricket Board announced today. "Ganguly has been ruled out of the first two matches and Hemang Badani will replace him in the side," BCCI secretary S K Nair said in a statement released here.
He also said that vice-captain Rahul Dravid would lead the side in the absence of Ganguly who is recovering in Kolkata after undergoing two minor surgeries to cure an abscess in his left thigh. India takes on New Zealand in the opening match at Chennai on Thursday and will meet world champions Australia at Gwalior on October 26.
BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, after receiving a medical report from the doctors attending on the Indian captain in Kolkata, told reporters that "at the moment we feel Ganguly can't play in the first two games." (Agencies)
Published: Monday, October 20, 2003
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