BCCI clears Harbhajan Singh for surgery in America

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given the green signal for Harbhajan Singh to travel to America to undergo surgery on his spinning finger. The BCCI said that it was now upto Harbhajan to choose a convenient date for the operation.

Anant Joshi, the BCCI doctor, and finger surgeon Sudhir Warrier, took a close look at the injured finger after an MRI scan and x-rays at the Leelawati Hospital in Mumbai. The two doctors concurred that it was best that Harbhajan travel to Sinai Hospital at Baltimore, America - the same place where Sachin Tendulkar underwent surgery on a similar finger injury. Dr Dror Paley is expected to perform the operation.

Harbhajan's injury first came to light during India's tour of New Zealand, just prior to the World Cup. Although he played through the World Cup despite the pain, Harbhajan has not recovered sufficiently even after an extended break.