Australia wicketkeeper Tim Paine has been ruled out of the series with a finger injury. Australia expect to have a replacement for Paine, who will fly home, before the next ODI in Delhi on Saturday but they have not named his substitute. There are no other specialist wicketkeepers in the original squad.

Paine picked up the injury to his left ring finger when trying to collect a bouncer from Peter Siddle in the eighth over of the 99-run defeat to India in the second ODI. The physio tended to him at the end of that over, after which he managed to keep wickets through the innings.

“Paine has got a badly broken finger,” Ricky Ponting said. “He will be going home pretty much straight away. We haven’t been able to name a replacement because of the time difference in Australia at the moment. [The travelling selector] David Boon’s been in touch with Andrew Hilditch and we’ll be able to name somebody tomorrow morning. As to when Tim is flying out I am not sure.

“It’s Thursday morning back home, and we should be able to get someone out by Thursday afternoon. If they do, they’ll arrive in India the same day I expect.”

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