Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Yuvraj likely to play against West Indies

MUMBAI: Yuvraj Singh, expected to be out of action till the World Cup, could make a return of sorts as early as the home one-day series against West Indies, cricket website reported.

Yuvraj, who has been training in Mumbai, could make a comeback as soon as the second half of the four-ODI home series against West Indies.

"He is in the final phase of rehabilitation and doing light fielding, functional agility, netting," Mithun Joshi, sports physiotherapist, wrote in a report to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

"It is likely he will be able to return to light Twenty20 style match play by the 19th of this month. He could be with the team for the preparation for the West Indies series and be available to play in the latter part of the one-day series against West Indies, or for the series against Sri Lanka."

Yuvraj has been out of cricket since the middle of the Champions Trophy, when he tore a ligament in the knee in a pre-match training session at Mohali.

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