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Ganguly attends gym
KOLKATA: India's regular cricket captain Sourav
Ganguly, recuperating from a lower back injury, on Monday had an
hour long session at the gymnasium of the Cricket Association of
Bengal as his condition continued to improve.
Ganguly, who has expressed his intention to return to Pakistan on
Wednesday, stayed for about two and half hours at the Pankaj Gupta
Indoor gymnasium at the Eden Gardens.
He seemed in high spirits and chatted with fellow local players and
also watched part of the opening day's play of the Indo-Pak Test at
Lahore on television at the gymnasium.
Sources said Ganguly was 'happy' with the way he went through a
detailed drill at the gymnasium. "He seemed almost fully fit
and underwent the entire regime at the gym, and also had no problem
in bending."
Ganguly, who also did some jogging and swimming during the day,
however, refused to speak to the media waiting for hours at the
gates of the gymnasium.
The cricketer injured his back while fielding during the fifth and
final one-dayer at Lahore on March 24 and was ruled out of the first
two Tests. He returned home last week to consult orthopaedic
specialist Dr Kalyan Mukherjee, who has been treating him since his
early cricketing days.
Mukherjee has diagnosed Ganguly's injury as mild disc and ligament
problem, and said that 90-95 per cent of the problem would be taken
care of by Wednesday and he would leave the rest to Team India
physio Andrew Leipus.
The chances of Ganguly's playing the third and final Test against
Pakistan at Rawalpindi has brightened after medical reports
confirmed that his injury was 'not serious'.
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