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May 24, 2006

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the batsman who has been in good nick in the last two series is out of the remaining two ODIs due to a hamstring injury. The Former West Indies Captain had pulled his hamstring while taking a quick single to move onto 5 during his innings at the Warner’s Park in St.Kitts. Scans have revealed a small tear in the hamstring and West Indies’ problems with the injuries are piling up. Brian Lara looked to be having a niggle or two as he was struggling to bend down to stop the ball during the St.Kitts ODI. Ramnaresh Sarwan who has been in tremendous match winning form is having a problem with a weak shoulder.

Coming back to Chanderpaul, he had Runako Morton running for him and interestingly he too is out of the West Indies Squad for the last two ODIs. The Selectors have recalled the experienced Wavell Hinds and rookie Sewnarine Chattergoon, the impressive left handed opening batsman from Guyana. West Indies will miss Chanderpaul as he is coming to good form and is timing the ball very sweetly, the six he had hit in the 3rd ODI off the bowling of Ajit Agarkar was just a one handed pick up shot! West Indies after taking the 2-1 lead in the 5-ODIs Series is having the edge over India when the two teams meet for the 4th ODI at Port of Spain in Trinidad. India is under severe pressure to win the two ODIs at Port of Spain to win this series.

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