Munaf to replace injured Sreesanth

July 12, 2010 06:22 pm | Updated 06:22 pm IST - Colombo

S.Sreesanth

S.Sreesanth

Speedster S. Sreesanth will return home with a knee injury and Munaf Patel will replace him in the Indian team for the Test series against Sri Lanka, the Cricket Board said on Monday.

“S. Sreesanth has sprained a ligament of his left knee, and been advised rest for 3-4 weeks. He will accordingly be returning to India,” BCCI Secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement.

“The All-India Selection Committee has picked Munaf Patel as his replacement in the Indian team that will be playing the Test series in Sri Lanka. Munaf will join the squad at the earliest,” he added.

Sreesanth was ruled out after an MRI scan revealed he has a ligament tear, a development, which has come as a big blow for the India’s already depleted pace attack in absence of spearhead Zaheer Khan who is nursing a shoulder injury.

With Sreesanth too being ruled out, Ishant Sharma would have to lead the pace attack, which also includes Zaheer’s replacement Abhimanyu Mithun.

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