NEW DELHI: In what could spell more trouble for Indian cricket, explosive opening batsman Virender Sehwag, whose absence ruined India's campaign to defend the Twenty20 World Championship title, will remain out of action for the next three months and is likely to miss the upcoming Champions Trophy in September.
Sehwag is currently under rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bangalore as he recovers from the shoulder injury which kept him out of the ICC World Twenty20. The batsman earlier underwent a surgey on June 11 after a lesion was indentified on his shoulder.
Viru will be under the observation of team physio Nitin Patel and is expected to wear a sling for atleast the next month till his lesion heals. At the end of the tenth week after the operation, Sehwag's shoulder will be evaluated and it will be asserted then if he is able to throw the ball.
The batsman picked up the injury during the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament -- Indian Premier League (IPL), following which there was intense speculations over his fitness during the T20 World Cup.
The uncertainity over his unavailablity led to reports of rift between him and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, which was later rubbished by the captain, who said that the team is united.
Source:TOI
Sehwag is currently under rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bangalore as he recovers from the shoulder injury which kept him out of the ICC World Twenty20. The batsman earlier underwent a surgey on June 11 after a lesion was indentified on his shoulder.
Viru will be under the observation of team physio Nitin Patel and is expected to wear a sling for atleast the next month till his lesion heals. At the end of the tenth week after the operation, Sehwag's shoulder will be evaluated and it will be asserted then if he is able to throw the ball.
The batsman picked up the injury during the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament -- Indian Premier League (IPL), following which there was intense speculations over his fitness during the T20 World Cup.
The uncertainity over his unavailablity led to reports of rift between him and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, which was later rubbished by the captain, who said that the team is united.
Source:TOI
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