da supremo： Indian pace spearhead Javagal Srinath should be fit in three weeks,noted orthopaedic surgeon Dr HPC Khincha indicated in Bangalore onMonday
20-Aug-2001Indian pace spearhead Javagal Srinath should be fit in three weeks,noted orthopaedic surgeon Dr HPC Khincha indicated in Bangalore onMonday.Dr Khincha ruled out the speedster’s injury was “serious.””He may not be able to bat or field for three weeks,” said Khincha,whom Srinath consulted on Sunday, immediately after he flew back homefrom Sri Lanka where he suffered a fracture in the little finger ofhis left hand in the Galle Test.”That he has bowled in a match after getting injured is a good sign.Srinath has a fracture of the left fifth metacarpal bone joining thelittle finger and the wrist,” he said.The Indian speedster had suffered the injury after being struck by aDilharo Fernando delivery in the first innings in last week’s GalleTest in Sri Lanka. Srinath did not bat again in the match but grabbedfive wickets in the first innings.That Srinath should be fit in three weeks’ will come as a relief tothe Indian team dogged by injury woes. Apart from the speedster, otherkey players missing from the side due to injuries are SachinTendulkar, VVS Laxman, Ashish Nehra and Anil Kumble.