Off spinner Harbhajan Singh on Saturday suffered a bruise on his finger during the Indian team's practice session this morning, but it was unlikely to prevent him from playing the first limited overs international against Pakistan here on Monday.
"Harbhajan suffered a bruise on the forefinger of his bowling hand while fielding today. And we asked him not to bowl at the nets as a precautionary measure only. He will be available to play in the first match," captain Rahul Dravid informed reporters.
The off spinner has a point to prove to the rivals as well as his own supporters after having been mauled in the two Test matches on batsmen-friendly surfaces at Lahore and Faisalabad.
He went wicketless in the first two Tests and was dropped for the third and deciding Test, which India lost by 341 runs.
Only ten players were available for practice as — besides Harbhajan — the four one-day specialists (Mohd Kaif, Suresh Raina, Murali Kartik and S Sreesanth) also missed the session.
The quartet arrived from Islamabad just after their teammates returned to the team hotel.
{{/usCountry}}The quartet arrived from Islamabad just after their teammates returned to the team hotel.
{{/usCountry}}They had earlier missed the connecting flight from Lahore to Peshawar following a delayed daparture from Delhi late last evening, team manager GS Walia informed.