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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > India-Australia Test Series 2004 > Ganguly failed pre-match fitness test: Leipus 23.20 IST 26th Oct 2004 By IndiaExpress Bureau 
Clearing the air over Sourav Ganguly's last-minute pull-out from the third Test against Australia, physiotherapist Andrew Leipus said the decision to leave out the skipper was taken after he failed a pre-match fitness test on Tuesday morning."We had a small fitness test at the ground this morning. He suffered an upper thigh strain while practicing two days ago and thought yesterday he would be fine when he got up today," Leipus told a press conference after the opening day's play in Nagpur. "But it was not so and he couldn't transfer the weight from one leg to another while batting. So we decided it would be unwise to go ahead (with him)." Asked for how long he expected the Indian skipper to be out of action, Leipus said he could not answer the question as the source of the pain would have to be investigated through a bone scan first. On whether the injury was originally picked on the first day of the opening Test of the series in Bangalore early this month, he said: "I think so." "He was fine in Chennai and then there was a break," Leipus said adding that when the captain felt discomfort after practising two days ago, an MRI scan was done but it did not reveal any muscle tear. Leipus said it was difficult to say now whether the captain could recover in time for the fourth Test starting in Mumbai on November 3. "The investigations are on," he said. On Harbhajan Singh, who is down with gastroenteritis, Leipus said he should be fit for the last Test. "I don't see any problem with Harbhajan being fit for Mumbai. In fact we were hoping he would play today but he felt too weak," he added. Leipus also said he expected Irfan Pathan, who picked a side strain in Chennai, to be fit for the Mumbai Test. in-depth coverage > India-Australia Test Series 2004 > |
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