NOVEMBER 22: Maharashtra all-rounder Hrishikesh Kanitkar will replace the injured Ajay Jadeja in the Indian team for the tour of Australia.Selection committee chairman Chandu Borde said here today it was a collective decision of the four selectors, team coach Kapil Dev and skipper Sachin Tendulkar.Kanitkar, who is leading the India-A side in the West Indies, will replace Jadeja, who will be flying to South Africa for treatment tomorrow.``We discussed the names of former skipper Mohammed Azharuddin, stumper Nayan Mongia and Baroda batsman Jacob Martin but decided to go in for youngster Kanitkar as the young Indian side's performance against the New Zealanders was satisfactory,'' he told reporters.Borde said Saurashtra batsman Sitanshu Kotak, who scored a hundred for the Rest of India against Ranji champions Karnataka at Bangalore recently, would be joining the India-A team in the West Indies as Kanitkar's replacement.Board secretary Jaywant Lele, who was also present, said the report from Johannesburg-based specialist Dr Mark Ferguson said Jadeja had a rotator cuff tear in his right shoulder which would take at least three to four weeks to heal.Elaborating on Jadeja's injury, Lele said, ``he injured his shoulder a day before the Gwalior one-dayer (November 11). After treatment the swelling on his shoulder subsided and he played both the Gwalior as well as the Guawhati one-dayers.''``However, the Board was informed about the injury only in Delhi when the pain and swelling on the shoulder reccured and tests by Mumbai-based sports medicine specialist Dr Anant Joshi revealed that the injury was quite serious+, he added.``He will be treated by Dr Ferguson and will join the team for the triangular one-day series involving India, Australia and Pakistan to commence on January 9, 2000,'' Lele said.
