Zaheer will be considered for selection: Shah

Bangalore, Jun 11 (UNI) Team India seamer Zaheer Khan, who picked up groin injury in the just concluded Afro-Asia Cup, will be considered for selection for tour of Ireland where India plays South Africa in a one-day series.

Speaking to newspersons at M Chinnaswamy stadium where Indian batsmen are undergoing a fitness camp, he said Zaheer will be considered for selection of the squad for the tour. "We will consider Zaheer for selection. We will take the full report from physio John Ghloster about his fitness. The speedster has picked up a groin injury. However, MRI scan report has cleared him of any serious injury," he said.

The left arm seamer stopped bowling soon after beginning the attack in the second one-day match between Asia and Africa on Saturday after suffering from groin injury and reports suggested that he was out of the Irish tour.

Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar joined the camp. The Master Blaster had missed the first two days of the four-day camp for which he had taken prior permission from the BCCI.

The players were seen sweating it out at the stadium which was taken part by Rahul Dravid, V V S Laxman, Dinesh Mongia, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma, Mohammad Kaif and S Badrinath.

Saurav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yurvaj Sigh, who played in Afro-Asia cup one-day matches that concluded in Chennai yesterday, were likely to join the camp tomorrow.

Wasin Jaffer who is in the city but suffering from flu is likely to miss the camp as he did not turn up on the third day of the camp today.

Specialist bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad was at hand with the batsmen at the grounds.

The team for the tour of Ireland would be picked in Delhi on June 12 and the team would assemble in Mumbai on June 19 and leave on the same day. Prior to that the team would undertake a preparatory camp here from June 13 to 17.

UNI