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Yuvraj doubtful for 2nd ODI
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 17 - 11 - 2008

India's Yuvraj Singh, who pounded England with a match-winning century in the first One-Day International, could miss Monday's second match due to a back injury.
The left-hander smashed an unbeaten 138 off 78 balls at Rajkot on Friday as India hammered the tourists by 158 runs to take the lead in the seven-match series. Yuvraj, who batted with a runner after pulling a back muscle in the early part of his innings, missed training on Sunday ahead of the second game. “There is considerable improvement in Yuvraj's condition, but we will take a final call on him before the match,” Indian captain Mahendra Dhoni told reporters.
India may once again have to do without in-form seamer Ishant Sharma, who missed the Rajkot match due to an ankle sprain suffered during the preceding Test series against world champions Australia. Sharma, 20, was named the man of the series with 15 wickets in four Tests as India won 2-0 to take the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Dhoni said England will bounce back despite the heavy defeat and warned teammates against being complacent.
“We are always wary of becoming complacent because, if we lose, we will be criticized that we were overconfident,” the wicketkeeper-batsman said. “We are always focused on what needs to be done. England have a very good bowling attack and they are a good side. It's a much better attack than what they had two years ago. We are certainly not taking them lightly.”
England is unlikely to call up left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom, who missed the first match due to an Achilles problem, even though his fitness had improved.
“If it is a risk we won't do it, but I just feel it's a little bit early,” England coach Peter Moores said. “I have got to be advised by the medical team and he has certainly bowled very well in the nets with great control.”
Paul Collingwood, however, was quoted by Reuters as saying that Sidebottom will be available for Monday's ODI. “Sidebottom is fully fit and he is up for contention. He bowled in the nets, he's 100 percent fit,” Collingwood told a news conference. “They hit us hard at Rajkot. We need to be aggressive. The key is early wickets, there is a bit of inexperience in their middle order and we can expose it a bit.”
Moores was confident Kevin Pietersen's men were capable of turning the corner after suffering their third-biggest one


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