Johannesburg, Sept. 19: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan has given his team an injury worry ahead of the Champions Trophy after suffering a minor fracture of a little finger during a training session on Friday before a 108-run warm-up triumph over Sri Lanka.

"It is a little fracture and nothing serious. We will assess it on Monday and hopefully it should be alright," Younis said in Johannesburg on Saturday.

The Pakistanis face neighbours India on September 26 and Younis said he wanted to avenge a defeat by their fiercest rivals in the 2003 World Cup despite scoring 270 runs.

"That result still hurts. A score of 250 was considered safe, but we were undone by brilliant batting from Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, backed by Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh," he recalled.

Younis also praised India’s Sachin Tendulkar saying "somebody like Tendulkar is really great because he has withstood the pressure for all these years and still succeeded."

Meanwhile, a rib injury has ruled South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs out of the opening Champions Trophy match on Tuesday against Sri Lanka at Centurion. He suffered the injury when avoiding a drive from skipper Graeme Smith during a 188-run win over the West Indies on Friday in a warm-up game for the biennial one-day tournament.

South Africa physio Brandon Jackson said that he hoped Gibbs would be fit for the match against New Zealand on September 24 or against England three days later. Hashim Amla is a possible replacement in the opening match of the two-week tournament for Gibbs, who boasts a 50-plus Champions Trophy average and scored 21 ODI centuries.

Defending champions Australia, India, Pakistan and the West Indies comprise Group A with South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England in Group B.

— AFP