The The 6-foot-7-inch pacer did not bowl in the practice session of the team for the second day running today after raising hopes of recovering from his leg injury two days ago.
The Middlesex player bowled five overs at the nets on the final day of the tourists' last warm-up game on Sunday at the outer ground of the Motera Stadium against Haryana. He did not bowl at all yesterday and this morning.
The 23-yar-old bowler had limped off with a right thigh muscle strain after bowling only four overs in the tourists' opening warm-up game against India 'A' played at the Brabourne Stadium from October 30-November 1.
Stuart Meaker, another young fast bowler, has been flown in as a cover for Finn and also played in the four-day game, but he will go back home once the latter recovers from his injury.
Wicketkeeper batsman Matt Prior today said after the team's morning nets that he did not know the exact reason why Finn did not bowl, adding he would certainly have bowled a long spell if he had a "realistic chance" of playing in the series opener.
"I don't know (why Finn did not bowl in the nets today). But one thing you could say -- if there's a realistic chance of Finn playing then he probably would have had a long bowl today," he said.
"We will see how he comes on tomorrow as well. It is another day. He looks good feels good and coming along brilliantly. So we will have to wait and see," he added. MORE