UK/INDIA: Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has successful shoulder surgery in London as India and England prepare for one-day series.

Record ID: 1374664

  • Title: UK/INDIA: Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has successful shoulder surgery in London as India and England prepare for one-day series.
  • Date: 27th March 2006
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 27, 2006) (ANI) VARIOUS OF INDIAN CRICKETERS PRACTISING (BLUE TOPS)
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  • Topics: Sport
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  • Story Text: STORY: The India cricket team practised on Monday (March 27) for the
    one-day series against England without batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who was in a
    London hospital for surgery on a shoulder tear.
    The injury ruled the 32-year-old out of the seven match one-day series
    against England beginning on Tuesday.
    Tendulkar will be out of action for eight weeks so he could miss the
    start of India's West Indies tour.
    The batsman had only recently returned to action after missing six
    months out with an elbow injury.
    Tendulkar holds the world record of 35 test centuries but has been
    struggling for form and in the tied Test series against England averaged
    20.75.
    Although India only drew the test series with England, the team was
    confident about the one-day series, having recently beaten Pakistan.
    England will be hoping to carry their resilient test series form
    against India into the seven-match one-day series.
    The team had an extensive net practice on Monday at the Ferozhshah
    Kotla grounds.
    Captain and all-rounder Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff can look back four
    years to when he inspired the English to draw a six-match one-day series in
    India.
    Day matches in the summer heat and travel across the vast nation will
    sap the players in a series where batsmen are expected to dominate on flat
    pitches.
    Flintoff told a news conference on Monday: "The Test match here
    was hard, playing out here in India. The one-dayers too, it's not just the
    seven one-dayers, but we are travelling all over India. It's going to be a
    tough two-and-a-half weeks. And as for saying which one's harder, I'm not
    quite sure, but, you know, both are equally tough.
    England will need to focus on improving their running between the
    wickets and showing patience on pitches where the ball may not always come
    onto the bat.
    Their five-run defeat in a one-day warm-up on Saturday was marred by
    four run outs and batsmen holing out to the deep.
    India captain Rahul Dravid's side hope to maintain their recent
    improving one-day form after the subdued display in tests. Dravid expects
    England to offer tough resistance in one-dayers, in spite of missing many
    senior players.
    "They have been playing some very good one-day cricket of late as
    well. They have got some very good impact players in the middle order, you
    know, people like (Andrew) Flintoff and (Kevin) Pietersen on their own day can
    be very dangerous. They have got a good bowling attack and you know I think
    they have got a good fielding side. So they should be a very good side,"
    Dravid said.
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