India sweat over players' fitness before SA game

Thursday, January 28, 2010 -- Team India is suddenly finding itself hit by injuries as another player has been ruled out of the series against South Africa which begins in February. S. Sreesanth is the latest casualty to join the list as he has been ruled out of the first game against South Africa on the 6th of February.

He had hurt his hamstring during the series against Bangladesh and had failed to feature in the second game of the series.

Sreesanth did say that he was recovering well, but would take a little more time than leading up to the start of the first game. However, he did say that he would be fit for the second Test and the ODIs later.

Earlier, India had already been struggling with the fitness issues surrounding the four batsmen, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh and even Sachin Tendulkar. Dravid had been hit by a bouncer and had to retire hurt, whereas Laxman missed the second Test as well. Yuvraj Singh was a part of the second game but did not bat because of a hand injury, whereas Tendulkar hurt himself while diving for a catch.

It remains to be seen who will replace the aforementioned players in case they do become fit for the game.