November 01 Friday 2002
Zaheer may miss one-day series against WI 

CALCUTTA: Indian left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan is likely to miss the upcoming one-day series against the West Indies due to a knee injury, a top cricket official said here on Thursday. "He will probably miss the entire one-day series against the West Indies," said Indian cricket board secretary S K Nair. The 24-year-old paceman was rested for the on-going third and final Test against the tourists here due to the injury. He has so far bagged 76 wickets in 49 One-day Internationals. 

National selectors included all-rounder Sanjay Bangar in a 14-member squad for the first three One-Day Internationals against the tourists. The West Indies will play seven one-dayers after the Test series, with the first starting at Jamshedpur on November 6. The team for the last four one-dayers will be announced after the third match at Rajkot on November 12. India left out batsman Dinesh Mongia from the squad that shared the Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka at Colombo last month.

Indian team for first three one-dayers: Sourav Ganguly (capt), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Venkatsai Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Muhammad Kaif, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, Sanjay Bangar, Ajit Agarkar, Jai Prakash Yadav.