
Dilshan breaks his nose
Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has suffered a fracture on his nose while playing football.
But his team manager says he will be available for the second Test match, starting on Tuesday.
Dilshan collided with one of his teammates while playing football after the first Test in Ahmedabad on Friday and he was immediately rushed to a hospital for an X-ray examination.
Brendon Kuruppu, the Sri Lanka's team manager, though said there was no need to worry as the injury was not serious.
"The injury was put right by the surgeon before we left for Kanpur and Dilshan is out of danger," Kuruppu said.
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"He is not in any kind of great discomfort. He will resume practice with the rest of the team tomorrow," he said.
Prior to the first Test, Dilshan sprained his ankle during practice but recovered in time to score a century.
Teams arrive in Kanpur
India and Sri Lanka arrived in Kanpur for the second Test match, beginning on Tuesday at Green Park Stadium.
However, the Indian trio of Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir did not arrive with the Indian team as they have gone to Delhi and will reach on Sunday.
The teams landed in the city in the afternoon and amidst a tight security were taken to a city hotel.
Indian run-machine Sachin Tendulkar was presented a memento for completing 20 glorious years in international cricket.
Man carrying revolver arrested inside Green Park
A man carrying a revolver broke through the heavy security cordon and entered the Green Park Stadium premises, hours after the Indian and Sri Lankan teams arrived for the second Test.
The man, who claimed to be a journalist, was arrested by the police immediately and he is being interrogated upon.
Kanpur DIG BP Jogdand said the city police immediately sprang into action after they got information that a man was roaming near the parking area of the stadium with a revolver around his waist.
"We arrested him immediately. He told his name is Laxmi Kant Gupta and he claimed to be a journalist of Bahujan Kesari Patrika. His revolver though has a licence. He said he had come to make entry pass for his vehicle," Jogdand told PTI.
"The interrogation is on," he added.
Those who were present at the stadium, however, said the man was loitering around for some time inside the stadium with his revolver and he had some altercation with the security personnel at the gate.
Following the incident, the DIG has ordered that nobody would be allowed entry inside the stadium gate without proper frisking.
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