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Friday, February 21, 2014

Injured M S Dhoni Ruled Out of Asia Cup Thursday Feb 20,2014



Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Thursday Feb 20,2014 ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup cricket tournament to be played in Bangladesh due to a side-strain injury that he suffered during the second Test in New Zealand, paving the way for Virat Kohli to lead the side.


"MS Dhoni has been ruled out of the forthcoming Asia Cup, to be played in Bangladesh, in February-March 2014. He sustained a Grade I left side-strain injury during the course of the second Test against New Zealand. He will be undergoing rehabilitation for ten days," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said in a statement on Thursday Feb 20,2014

Tamil Nadu's wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Kartik has been picked as M S Dhoni's replacement.

The team: Virat Kohli (c), Varun Aaron, Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Ishwar Pandey, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma. 

2014 Asia Cup Schedule
February 25: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Fatullah, 1330 IST
February 26: Bangladesh v India, Fatullah, 1330 IST
February 27: Afghanistan v Pakistan, Fatullah, 1330 IST
February 28: India v Sri Lanka, Fatullah, 1330 IST
March 1: Bangladesh v Afghanistan, Fatullah, 1330 IST
March 2: India v Pakistan, Mirpur, 1330 IST
March 3: Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, 1330 IST
March 4: Bangladesh v Pakistan, Mirpur, 1330 IST
March 5: Afghanistan v India, Mirpur, 1330 IST
March 6: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Mirpur, 1330 IST
March 8: Final, Mirpur, 1330 IST

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