Operation ends Harbhajan’s tour

Published December 13, 2003

ADELAIDE, Dec 12: India spinner Harbhajan Singh will play no further part in the tour of Australia after electing to have surgery on his injured finger, team manager Shivlal Yadav said on Friday.

Yadav told reporters at Adelaide Oval that Harbhajan plans to visit a specialist in Melbourne next week to have corrective surgery on a nagging finger injury that has plagued him all year.

“He is out of the rest of the tour,” Yadav said.

Harbhajan was replaced by Anil Kumble for the second Test, which started on Friday, after a disappointing performance in last week’s drawn first Test in Brisbane.—Reuters

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