<p>The goalkeeper suffered a rupture in his globe when he was hit in the right eye by a golf ball during yesterday's training session in Pune with goalkeeping coach Romeo James.<br />The 28-year-old Chandigarh keeper has been replaced by PR Sreejesh in the 22-member squad for the four-week long tour, where India is scheduled to play 12 Test matches against England, Belgium, Spain and Holland.<br /><br />Ultrasonography tests carried out in Pune showed the globe to have shrunken and deformed with the intra-ocular contents showing heterogeneous appearance with hemorrhage in the vitreous. The rupture has damaged the retina, cornea and lens of Baljit's right eye.<br /><br />Baljit was airlifted to Delhi airport from Pune early this morning, from where an ambulance took him to the AIIMS for the three-hour long operation by a team of surgeons led by cornea specialist Dr Sudershan Khokhar.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Hockey India Secretary General Mohd Aslam Khan has requested Union Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi to provide best possible treatment to the custodian.<br /><br />Although the operation was successful, AIIMS sources felt Baljit's chances of getting his vision back looked slim.</p>
<p>The goalkeeper suffered a rupture in his globe when he was hit in the right eye by a golf ball during yesterday's training session in Pune with goalkeeping coach Romeo James.<br />The 28-year-old Chandigarh keeper has been replaced by PR Sreejesh in the 22-member squad for the four-week long tour, where India is scheduled to play 12 Test matches against England, Belgium, Spain and Holland.<br /><br />Ultrasonography tests carried out in Pune showed the globe to have shrunken and deformed with the intra-ocular contents showing heterogeneous appearance with hemorrhage in the vitreous. The rupture has damaged the retina, cornea and lens of Baljit's right eye.<br /><br />Baljit was airlifted to Delhi airport from Pune early this morning, from where an ambulance took him to the AIIMS for the three-hour long operation by a team of surgeons led by cornea specialist Dr Sudershan Khokhar.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Hockey India Secretary General Mohd Aslam Khan has requested Union Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi to provide best possible treatment to the custodian.<br /><br />Although the operation was successful, AIIMS sources felt Baljit's chances of getting his vision back looked slim.</p>