Twenty20 World Championship 2009

BCCI aware of Sehwag injury

The BCCI on Thursday came out in his defence saying that it was aware of Virender Sehwag’s shoulder injury before the Twenty20 World Cup squad was picked.

The BCCI said that it hoped Sehwag would recover before the tournament got under way but the injury aggravated in London which ruled him out for the rest of the tournament. The team management and Sehwag have been criticised for hiding the injury, but Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official Rajiv Shukla said that officials were aware of Sehwag’s injury and expected it to heal in time for him to be able to play.

Shukla, chairman of the BCCI’s media and finance committee, said Sehwag was selected for the tournament “keeping in mind the report submitted by the physiotherapist.” “The fitness report suggested that Sehwag had a minor injury which will heal in two or three days,” Shukla said.

“But another test in London discovered an additional tear in his shoulder, for which he was treated with injections,” said Shukla. The decision to send for Dinesh Karthik as a replacement for Sehwag was made when “the shoulder injury showed no sign of healing.”

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