India suffered a massive blow ahead of the series against Sri Lanka with the bowling spearhead rendered injured.

Zaheer Khan has an injured shoulder for which he will now have to stay back for treatment and thereby, miss the upcoming Test series.
N. Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, released a press statement to the effect, "Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the forthcoming Sri Lanka series because of a shoulder injury. The All-India Senior Selection Committee has chosen Abhimanyu Mithun to replace him."
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