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Ganguly hopeful on Ishant Sharma’s return to the Border-Gavaskar Test series | BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confident that Ishant will be fit for Australia
Ishant Sharma, who dropped out of the IPL 2020 campaign, might get fit to return before the start of the Border-Gavaskar Test series against Australia. Sharma returned to India after he rehabilitated at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. He played for Delhi Capitals when he picked up an injury and was ruled out of the league.
While talking to PTI, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said that they are expecting Ishant to be back for the Test matches. “Injuries are a part of sport and it will happen. The lesser you play, the more injured you will get. The more you keep playing, your body gets fitter, stronger and you will get less injured,” he said.
“All of them came back after seven months of being locked at home with literally no activity. I don’t think injuries should be looked at like ‘Oh god, something is not right’.
Apart from him, Rohit Sharma’s name is also under the clouds due to his hamstring injury after October 18th match against Kings XI Punjab. After BCCI announced the squad, his name was missing. However, Mumbai Indians physio is working for the betterment of his health and might come out with some positive news.
“The Indian physio Nitin Patel is there. Rohit himself knows that he has got a long career ahead and it’s not just this IPL or next series for him. I am sure he is mature enough to do what is best for him,” Ganguly said.
“I can tell you that things you do easily at the practice might be a bit of struggle during match situation. The muscles react differently to pressure situations. You don’t want him to get injured again. He has a hamstring tear and it will get ruptured again. It will then get longer for him to come back. But yes, there are people working with him. We will have to assess him. I don’t know (when he can come back). He hasn’t played so far since the time he has got injured. We want him to recover. It’s the BCCI’s job to get their best players on the park. If he recovers, he plays,” Ganguly added.
Rohit Sharma then stepped out for Mumbai Indians’ last league game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 3 November. Rohit said the hamstring is feeling fine.
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