da casino： Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, troubled with a hamstring strain,skipped the nets as the rest of the Indian team worked out at theHarare Sports club on Wednesday
20-Jun-2001Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, troubled with a hamstring strain,skipped the nets as the rest of the Indian team worked out at theHarare Sports club on Wednesday.”I stretched the hamstring when I was chasing the second last ball ofthe Harare Test,” Tendulkar said.Besides Tendulkar, left arm seam bowler Ashish Nehra too stayed out ofthe morning practice session owing to a muscle pull on his rightthigh.However, manager Chetan Chauhan said both Tendulkar and Nehra shouldbe fit for the upcoming triangular one-day tournament.After missing a golden chance to record a rare series win abroad, theIndians now look to make amends by winning the one-day series whichhas West Indies as the third team.The team will play a practice game against Zimbabwe A at the SunriseSports Club in Harare on Friday ahead of their opening match againstZimbabwe here on Sunday.The one-day specialists Virendra Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, ReetinderSodhi and Harvinder Singh, who joined the team on Tuesday, went flatout in the practice session.Fast bowler Harvinder Singh impressed with his control and movement atthe nets, repeatedly beating batsmen with his bounce and pace with thewhite ball.Debasish Mohanty too appeared keen to book a one-day slot for himselfand bowled impressively.The nets were used to simulate a match situation with batsmen battingat both ends. And to get the team members into the limited oversmould, coach John Wright insisted that the players go for singleswhenever they played a shot.Meanwhile, coloured clothing with the new sponsor’s logo on it arrivedthis afternoon. Chauhan was concerned with the shortage of warmclothing and wanted to ensure there are enough pull-overs with peakwinter just setting in.The four members of the Test squad, Shiv Sunder Das, SadagoppanRamesh, Javagal Srinath and Sairaj Bahutule left for home thismorning.