Australia’s chances of winning the fourth ODI at Mohali have been boosted with the injuries to the two Indian batsmen – Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. The Delhi pair had sustained injuries during the third ODI at their home ground. Both these batsmen are likely to miss tomorrow’s match and the Indian Selectors have given a SOS to Dinesh Karthik to join the team.

Gautam Gambhir was injured while fielding at the dangerous position of short leg. He got a nasty blow on the side of his neck from a full blooded pull shot from the Australian Skipper Ricky Ponting. Gambhir left the field after that moment but returned back to bat at his normal position of no.3. The left hander scored 6 from 15 balls before getting clean bowled by Nathan Hauritz. Gambhir has been in terrific form though having struck half centuries in both the 1st and the 2nd ODIs.

On the other hand, Virender Sehwag injured his toe after getting smacked on it by a yorker from Peter Siddle. Sehwag scored 11 from 25 balls yesterday before getting bowled by Mitchell Johnson. India will be unlucky if they lose Sehwag for tomorrow’s game as he had already missed quite a few matches recently due to a shoulder injury.

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