Things seem to be going from bad to worse for Team India in Ahmedabad. They landed there to find a green pitch, got bowled out for 76, lost a Test match inside three days and seem to be picking up new niggles every day.

Zaheer Khan has been out of action since early part of the Australia series, Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the final Test as well, Ishant Sharma and Anil Kumble have to pass a fitness test ahead of Kanpur and Harbhajan Singh may not be very fit either. The off-spinner missed practice due to a stomach bug.

The latest addition to that list, apparently, is Sreesanth. According to sources in the Indian team, the Kerala pacer has pulled a right shoulder tendon. Sreesanth, who was quite impressive in the Ahmedabad Test, arrived for practice at the Motera with his team mates on Monday.

Though he went through the routine fielding drills, he didn’t bowl at the nets. Even while fielding, he avoided throwing. It’s learnt that the bowler is facing a problem only while throwing, but didn’t want to take a chance by bowling in the nets either. However, it’s not a recurrence of his last shoulder injury, which kept him out of the Test series in Australia.

Even Mahendra Singh Dhoni has apparently developed a throat infection. He left the field during the warm-up session and returned later to bat in the nets, and left for the team hotel before his teammates.

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