Final call on Yuvi's fitness to be taken on Tuesday: Dhoni

RAJKOT: Yuvraj Singh is a doubtful starter for the first one-dayer against Sri Lanka due to his finger injury and a final decision on his

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availability would be taken on Tuesday.

"Final call on Yuvi's fitness will be taken before the match. Virat Kholi will play if Yuvraj fails the fitness test", MS Dhoni said.

Saurashtra Cricket Association president Niranjan Shah said that the team management would take a decision on Yuvraj's availability for the match after going through the report submitted by the orthopedic surgeon.

"The Indian Team management will take a final decision after looking at the report submitted by the orthopedic surgeon," Shah said.

The former BCCI secretary declined to comment further on the doctor's report.

However, BCCI sources said they are hopeful that the explosive batsman would be fit to play the first ODI on Tuesday.

"Yuvraj seems to have suffered a hairline fracture on his little finger and the team management is hopeful he will be able to play the first ODI at Rajkot on Tuesday," BCCI sources said.

Yuvraj was taken to Dr Dinkar Virparia's clinic late in the evening for check-up after the left-hander complained of pain in his little finger on his left hand due to an injury suffered during the second Twenty20 match in Mohali on Saturday.

Later he was taken to the Rajkot Imaging Centre where an X-ray of his finger was taken.

Earlier in the day, India and Sri Lanka teams arrived here for the first One-Day International of the five-match series, beginning on Tuesday.

The teams arrived in Rajkot on a chartered plane amid tight security.