BCCI was kept in the loop on Gambhir: KKR

New Delhi: Under attack for its role in handling Gautam Gambhir's injury, Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday said that it had kept the BCCI in the loop over the injury issue which has now put a question mark on the stand-in captain's availability for the upcoming series against the West Indies.

According to the KKR CEO, Gautam Gambhir had the pain his shoulder even during the World Cup, in the final against Sri Lanka. © AFP

Despite the injury, Gambhir played the eliminator match against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday and the move has now snowballed into a major controversy and sparked a debate on whether players are more keen to play in cash-rich events like IPL rather than the country.
A miffed BCCI is expected to take a decision on Gambhir soon. In case Gambhir is ruled out, Suresh Raina may be named captain for the ODI series against the West Indies.
KKR, who bought Gambhir for a whopping 11.4 crore in the auctions, maintained that the BCCI had been kept informed when their captain aggravated the injury.
"The last match we played in Kolkata, we took immediate steps to ensure that we have precautionary scans done. That's the basis on which report was sent to the BCCI. I can say that we did not hide anything from the BCCI as a matter of fact," said KKR CEO Venky Mysore.
"Gautam actually reported to KKR after the World Cup, he was actually complaining of some pain in his shoulder. He apparently had that pain even during the World Cup, in the World Cup final against Sri Lanka, I think in the process of trying to take a catch, he seems to have increased the pain a bit.
"...His initial complaints were pain in the shoulder and significant reduction of power in his throw. The clinical findings supported the mechanism of the onset of the acute injury, however, he did report having corticosteroid injections on two occasions over the previous few years," Leipus stated.
When Gambhir arrived in Mumbai for the IPL eliminator, he consulted a prominent Mumbai-based surgeon and had an MRI scan taken.
Gambhir's absence will further weaken the Indian side on the West Indies tour after the BCCI decided to give senior players, regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, opener Sachin Tendulkar and fast bowler Zaheer Khan rest.
With Gambhir most likely to miss the tour, India will be without their three specialist openers - Virender Sehwag, who has recently undergone shoulder surgery and Tendulkar, rested for the shorter format games.