India captain Sourav Ganguly's participation in the Challenger Trophy hinges on the outcome of a fitness test that physio John Gloster will take on Friday.
A strong rumour has been doing the rounds in the city that Ganguly, suffering from an elbow injury sustained during the Zimbabwe trip, would drop out of the October 10-13 tournament in Mohali, but sources close to the skipper said the issue would be decided only after he has taken the fitness test.
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been done on his right elbow and the report has been sent to Gloster who will go through it and put Ganguly
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through the paces to test his fitness.
Some fear that the injury Ganguly carries is akin to that of Sachin Tendulkar's a condition known as tennis elbow that debilitates movement of the arm.
Ganguly has been named captain of the India senior side. If he doesn't get the go-ahead from Gloster then possibilities are that he could attend the ICC-organised captain's summit in Sydney on October 12.
So far it is being said Team India vice-captain Rahul Dravid, who is already in Australia to represent Rest of World in the Super Series, could attend the skippers' meet for India.
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