Injured Gautam Gambhir to miss West Indies tour

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Caught in the middle of a furious debate club-versus-country after playing in the IPL match Eliminator Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) against the Indians in Mumbai, Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday told the BCCI that it will not be available for bring India to the Caribbean.

Already controversy raged over whether the IPL franchise Gambhir had hidden the extent of his shoulder injury, the government said it had yet to take a formal invitation.

According to sources, Gambhir, who had to stay on a regular skipper MS Dhoni in ODI and T20-series against West Indies, told the council Thursday that he was "unable to load". This was followed by physiotherapist Andrew Leipus KKR letter to the BCCI to reveal chronic shoulder and groin injuries. Leipus has advised the Delhi opener 4-6 weeks of rest.

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India 358/1 (70.1 ov)

Sri Lanka

India won the toss and elected to bat

Day 1 - Session 3

India RR 5.10

Last 10 ovs 46/0 RR 4.60

Min overs remaining 20.5

Refresh scorecard			Current time: 15:09 local, 09:39 GMT										Test career
	Batsmen	Runs	B	4s	6s	SR	This bowler				Last 10 ovs			Mat	Runs	HS	Ave
	*Rahul Dravid (rhb)	50	99	5	0	50.50	0 (1b)				17 (34b)			136	11088	270	53.30
	Gautam Gambhir (lhb)	164	203	15	0	80.78	4 (16b)				24 (26b)			27	2550	206	57.95
	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s		4s	6s	This spell			Mat	Wkts	BBI	Ave
	*Angelo Mathews (rfm)	7.1	1	22	0	3.06	34		4	0	0.1-0-0-0			6	5	1/13	47.80
	Muttiah Muralitharan (ob)	14.0	0	81	1	5.78	38		9	0	2-0-8-0			131	787	9/51	22.49

Recent overs . 1 . . . 1 | . 4 . 1 1 . | . 4 . 1 . 1 | .

Current partnership 125 runs, 28.5 overs, RR: 4.33 (Dravid 50, Gambhir 66)

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India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test- Green Park, Kanpur 1st day

Today 24 Nov Monday India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Green Park, Kanpur , 24 to 28 Nov2009. the second test match is started today India has won the toss and elected to bat first.
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Gautam Gambhir start Openning .Sehwag was waging a battle against himself initially, Sehwag and Gambhir Get 73 runs of 9 overs. Gambhir was the more power full opener against the new ball. Chanaka Welegedara and the other Sri Lankan bowlers failed to separate India's openers in the first session.

Gautam Gambhir hits up his seventh hundred from the last nine Tests, Virender Sehwag completed 10th, Rahul Dravid Grove India to 300 with a full session left for close of play.


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	India 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	not out	140	173	13	0	80.92
	V Sehwag	c Dilshan b Muralitharan	131	122	18	2	107.37
	41.2 gone! Dilshan takes a smart catch at extra cover, tossed it up and it landed on a good length just outside off, Sehwag, though not to the pitch, was tempted to force it past extra cover but played it uppishly and Dilshan took a sharp chance diving to his left 233/1
	R Dravid	not out	32	62	3	0	51.61
	Extras	(lb 1, nb 3)	4
	Total	(1 wicket; 59 overs)	307	(5.20 runs per over)

To bat SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, PP Ojha, Z Khan, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets1-233 (Sehwag, 41.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	UWMBCA Welegedara	14	1	68	0	4.85	(3nb)
	AD Mathews	7	1	22	0	3.14
	HMRKB Herath	11	0	61	0	5.54
	BAW Mendis	12	0	65	0	5.41
	M Muralitharan	12	0	73	1	6.08
	41.2 to Sehwag, gone! Dilshan takes a smart catch at extra cover, tossed it up and it landed on a good length just outside off, Sehwag, though not to the pitch, was tempted to force it past extra cover but played it uppishly and Dilshan took a sharp chance diving to his left 233/1
	TM Dilshan	3	0	17	0	5.66