RYDER,BRACEWELL OUT FROM SECOND TEST OF INDIA VS NEWZEALAND SERIES

RYDER,BRACEWELL DROPPED FROM 2ND TEST AFTER BAR BRAWL

                                                    Facing investigation for a scuffle at an Auckland bar, New Zealand’s temperamental batsman Jesse Ryder and medium-pacer Doug Bracewell will not be considered for the second cricket Test against India starting here on February 14.

                                                                            The two players got injured after a physical altercation with each

other at an Auckland bar before the first Test against India, which the home team won by 40 runs on Sunday.


                             “We’ll be naming our second Test side tomorrow or maybe later on today and neither Jesse Ryder nor Doug Bracewell will be available for selection,” New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said.                                                   “There’s an investigation taking place and we’ll let that run its course before making any bold statements about that sort of thing. Once we get the full information and facts, we’ll be in a far better position to make a statement. It’s important we don’t jump to conclusions without getting the full facts,” Hesson said.
                         
                                    This is not the first time that Ryder and Bracewell find themselves at the centre of a controversy like this. In 2012, both were axed from the ODI team for breaching the team’s code of conduct.                                                            Ryder, in fact, has a very chequered past, having taken a break from international cricket before coming back last year.