Sachin Tendulkar has revealed he had to manage the recurrence of a painful, decade-old toe injury during India's tour of Australia.
Karmakar underwent an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery in Mumbai and will not participate in the Thailand meet scheduled from May 18.
National football team striker Jeje Lalpekhlua has been advised eight-weeks rest and stays doubtful for India's campaign in the forthcoming AFC Challenge Cup to be held in Nepal.
BCCI orthopaedic consultant Dr Anant Joshi said a functional assessment test will be conducted after a month to determine the actual progress.
The finger operation will be performed by orthopaedic surgeon Dr Dror Paley at the Sinai Hospital in Baltimore.
The middle-order batsman said he had recovered from the knee injury he sustained during the Champions Trophy.
The fast bowler, who is nursing a sore ankle, is thus ruled out of the first two ODIs against the West Indies.
He has been advised to use crutches to take the load off the knee.
Some news reports had said that Ganguly had decided not to play in the Challenger Series even before meeting Dr Joshi and John Gloster.
The batting maestro said the pain in his elbow has lessened considerably and he is practicing indoors.
The dashing middle order batsman is nursing a thumb injury.\n\n
Dr Anant Joshi, who examined the master batsman, was optimistic about him regaining full fitness soon.
BCCI secretary S K Nair said the leg spinner was cleared by Dr. Anant Joshi for the Test series against Pakistan.
'Being a cricketer, I will say that the game needs to be globalised, without any doubt'
A sobbing Dipa blamed it on a jerk felt during the 'podium practice' and insisted she will strive to make up for the lost opportunity by shining in the balancing beam finals.
Born with six toes on each foot, Swapna is stubborn from childhood, said the secretary of the Jalpaiguri District Athletics Association Ujjal Das Chowdhury, who has followed Swapna's career from close quarters.
Top seed Sameer, who won the Swiss Open earlier this year, had to dig deep into his reservoir to outwit compatriot Pratul Joshi 16-21, 26-24, 21-7 in 55 minutes. In another quarter-final, Gurusaidutt, a former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, recovered from a game down to beat Malaysia's Lim Chi Wing 13-21, 22-20, 21-11 in 59 minutes.
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