<p>“Praveen Kumar has got a blunt chest on the left side, and has therefore been ruled out of the first three ODIs against the West Indies,” a BCCI release said. <br /><br />Karnataka pacer Abhimanyu Mithun will replace Praveen in the squad for the first three matches to be held at Cuttack (on Tuesday), Visakhapatnam (December 2) and Ahmedabad (December 5). <br /><br />It’s learnt that Praveen had experienced some chest pain after the one-off T20 against England at Kolkata on October 29, and had requested the BCCI for a two-week rest. <br />Though Praveen played for Uttar Pradesh in their Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra at Meerut, the discomfort re-surfaced after that match, forcing him to sit out of Uttar Pradesh’s third round Elite Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy match against Orissa last week at Sambalpur. <br /><br />Earlier, stand-in Indian skipper Virender Sehwag too confirmed Praveen’s injury. “Praveen is not available for the first one-dayer because of injury, but he’s expected to be available for the later stages of the series,” Sehwag said. <br /><br />This is the third injury Praveen has suffered this year. He had missed the World Cup 2011 because of a tennis elbow, and the UP man also suffered an ankle injury during the Test series in England.</p>
<p>“Praveen Kumar has got a blunt chest on the left side, and has therefore been ruled out of the first three ODIs against the West Indies,” a BCCI release said. <br /><br />Karnataka pacer Abhimanyu Mithun will replace Praveen in the squad for the first three matches to be held at Cuttack (on Tuesday), Visakhapatnam (December 2) and Ahmedabad (December 5). <br /><br />It’s learnt that Praveen had experienced some chest pain after the one-off T20 against England at Kolkata on October 29, and had requested the BCCI for a two-week rest. <br />Though Praveen played for Uttar Pradesh in their Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra at Meerut, the discomfort re-surfaced after that match, forcing him to sit out of Uttar Pradesh’s third round Elite Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy match against Orissa last week at Sambalpur. <br /><br />Earlier, stand-in Indian skipper Virender Sehwag too confirmed Praveen’s injury. “Praveen is not available for the first one-dayer because of injury, but he’s expected to be available for the later stages of the series,” Sehwag said. <br /><br />This is the third injury Praveen has suffered this year. He had missed the World Cup 2011 because of a tennis elbow, and the UP man also suffered an ankle injury during the Test series in England.</p>
