Manoj Tiwary headed to London for surgery

Manoj Tiwary, the Bengal middle-order batsman, has headed to London for surgery on his right shoulder. He will be treated at King Edward VII Hospital on Wednesday and will remain there till May 29. Unfortunately though, the rehabilitation process will stretch between eight to 12 weeks, effectively ruling him out of the England tour starting in July.

Tiwary picked up the injury while training before India's first ODI against Bangladesh in Mirpur and was sent home after consulting an orthopedic specialist. He was originally scheduled to undergo surgery on May 14 but wanted a second opinion. Dr Andrew Wallace, the London-based surgeon who has treated Sachin Tendulkar, suggested surgery after he was contacted by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).

"After the board-appointed doctor [Dr Anant Joshi] had seen Manoj and recommended surgery, the cricketer wanted a second opinion," Prasun Mukherjee, the president of the CAB, said at a press conference in Kolkata. "So we at the CAB referred his case to physician Dr TK Banerjee and orthopaedic surgeon Dr Ronen Roy. And after seeing his MRIs, both concluded that Manoj would need surgery. We then contacted Dr Wallace and sent him the reports and plates by courier. His reply came on May 19 and he too suggested surgery."

Mukerjee added that Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president, recommended that Tiwary be given the best possible treatment and that the board was ready to cover all the expenses. "Manoj is one of the most promising players we have," Mukherjee said. "He [Pawar] asked us to make the necessary arrangements and the expenses would be taken care of by the BCCI."