Sehwag ruled out of Australia one-day series
Indian all-rounder Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the rest of the one-day series against Australia, following a thumb injury.
"He has fractured his thumb. It needs an operation," Jaywant Lele, Honorary Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket, said in Pune on Tuesday, on the eve of the second match of the five-game series.
Left-hander Yuvraj Singh will replace Sehwag in the 14-strong squad but is in Dhaka and is expected to join them for the third game of the series in Indore on Saturday, Lele said.
Sehwag, 22, injured his right thumb when fielding in the first game on Sunday in Bangalore, where he was named man of the match after hitting a breezy 58 and taking three for 59 with his off-spinners to help India to a 60-run victory.
Yuvraj Singh was left out of the original squad because of poor batting form.
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