The problem originally surfaced inIndiain February 2006 and although he returned to action that summer against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, he admitted after those series that he still did not feel right.
The family is originally from Hyderabad in southern India, where relatives were watching live on television as the event was broadcast from a suburban Washington hotel.
Water was originally planned to be shot inIndiain 2000 but both the location and the time of production had to be altered after Hindu hardliners disrupted the shoot in Varanasi.
South Africa were originally scheduled to play only five one-dayers inIndia, but the itinerary was revised to include Tests following India's ascent to the top of the International Cricket Council's rankings for Test nations late last year.