Indian team leaves sans Agarkar

MUMBAI, SEPT. 24. The Indian cricket team, led by Sourav Ganguly, left on a 66-day tour of South Africa today without all-rounder Ajit Agarkar.

Agarkar, a last minute replacement for speedster Ashish Nehra, who has been declared unfit for the triangular one- day series starting on October 5, will leave tomorrow as he is yet to receive his visa.

On Saturday, Nehra became the third player from the original squad to be ruled unfit for the one-day series. V.V.S. Laxman and Zaheer Khan had earlier opted out as they had not fully recovered from their injuries.

Left-handed batsman Hemang Badani, a stand-by who was named Laxman's replacement, injured himself during a domestic tournament and he too couldn't make it to the team.

India will play three Tests against South Africa and will feature in a triangular one-day series with Kenya as the third team.

There would be some changes in the composition of the team for the Test series starting on November 3.

- PTI

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