Indian Board turn down request for Agarkar

Charlie Austin

August 26, 2001

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The Indian cricket board has turned down a request from the team management in Sri Lanka to send fast bowler Ajit Agarkar as cover for the third Test.

On Saturday night the management had requested that Agarkar, who has played in ten Tests, be sent to boost the teams fast bowling reserves for the crucial Test against Sri Lanka, which starts on Wednesday.

India levelled the three-match Test series on Saturday after a seven-wicket victory in Kandy.

The team travelled back to Colombo today and will have a voluntary practice session on Monday morning at the Sinhalese Sports Club.

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Charlie Austin Sri Lanka editor When Charlie Austin left for Sri Lanka after graduating from Sussex University, he was a planning a winter's cricket in the tropics and a six-month stint with an environmental NGO. His mother's worst fears were soon realised when it became clear that he had fallen in love with the island. Six months have now become eight years and Colombo has become his home. He joined Cricinfo in February 2000 and now heads operations in Sri Lanka, responsible for both sales and editorial. He is also the director of a UK-based travel company called Red Dot Tours, and is currently ghosting Muttiah Muralitharan's autobiography.
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