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 Chennai, Oct 22: Tamil Nadu's medium fast bowler Laxmipathy Balaji has replaced Avishkar Salvi, who has been ruled out for the first two one-dayers of the tri-nation TVS Cup, commencing here tomorrow, after failing a fitness test. Salvi's participation in the opener against New Zealand here and Australia at Gwalior on October 26 was ruled out after he failed a fitness test today, conducted in the presence of team physio Andrew Leipus, BCCI secretary S K Nair said in a press release.
Chairman of the selection committee Syed Kirmani told reporters that Salvi had split the webbing between his thumb and index finger of his bowling arm. Asked if Balaji will be in the playing eleven on his home ground, Kirmani said the team management would decide the team tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Jacob Oram has been declared fit by the New Zealand team management and finds a place in the final eleven for tomorrow's match, team management sources said.
The other ten players are: Stephen Fleming (capt), Lou Vincent, Chris Nevin, Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Scot Styris, Brendon Mccullum (wk), Daryl Tuffey and Daniel Vettori. (Our Correspondent)
Published: Wednesday, October 22,
2003
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