Nehra ruled out

Published September 9, 2005

NEW DELHI, Sept 8: Fast bowler Ashish Nehra, suffering from a back injury, has been ruled out of India’s two-Test series with Zimbabwe. Fellow paceman Ajit Agarkar, who was in the one-day squad which lost to New Zealand in Tuesday’s tri-series final, will stay back for the Tests.

Nehra’s problem flared up during the one-day final, he said.

The first Test starts on Tuesday. —Reuters