Ganguly to miss Mumbai Test

October 31, 2004 19:45 IST

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly will miss this week's fourth and final Test against Australia after failing to recover from a groin injury.

"I am out of the match," Ganguly said on Sunday. "I'm not able to run at all, so I can't play."

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The 32-year-old trained with the rest of the Indian squad on Sunday but looked shaky while batting in the nets.

In his absence, Rahul Dravid will continue to lead the team. The match starts in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Ganguly had missed the third Test in Nagpur, where Australia won by 342 runs to take a 2-0 lead and clinch their first series in India since Bill Lawry's team triumphed in 1969.

He hurt himself while fielding in the first Test in Bangalore earlier this month but the injury deteriorated during practice in Nagpur.

Ganguly is India's most successful Test captain with 15 wins in 38 matches.

India, who dropped Akash Chopra, Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar and Parthiv Patel for the Mumbai Test, have brought in four uncapped players -- openers Gautam Gambhir and Dheeraj Jadhav, paceman Shib Shankar Paul and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik. Of the four, Gambhir and Karthik have played in one-day internationals.

Source: REUTERS
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