Even though his injured finger is "much better"now, off spinner Harbhajan Singh says he would not like to take risks at this stage of his career.
"I have played when I was sick and I have played through the pain at various stages of my career. But now, I just don't want to take any risk when I can easily take my time to let it heal," Harbhajan said while displaying his injured finger on the bowling hand.
"The swelling has subsided a lot and I'm feeling much better. Hopefully, I shall be fit in the next four-five days. Once I start feeling good and completely recovered, I shall take it up from there.
"I just want to play safe. There's lot of cricket ahead and I don't want to rush things," he said.
Mumbai off spinner Romesh Powar will be joining the Indian team as the 16th member here this evening.