Cameron White says Deccan Chargers will miss Ishant Sharma badly – Cricket News Update
Cameron White, the stand-in captain of the IPL franchise the Deccan Chargers, admitted on Thursday that it is almost impossible to fill the void in their pace bowling department due to Ishant Sharma’s ankle surgery.
Speaking to media reporters after the team’s practice session on Thursday, the Australian agreed that Sharma’s absence will be a big loss for the side in the upcoming season five of the lucrative Indian Premier League, starting in Chennai next week.
"We have to step ahead and fill the void by playing well, there's no doubt about that. It's a big loss," said White who will be standing in for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 for the initial few games of the Twenty20 tournament, as the latter will not be available due
to national commitments.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 earlier this month, and has been sidelined from competitive cricket for six months.
The Delhi pacer had sustained a bone impingement on his left ankle and a ligament tear on his left foot during India’s tour of England in 2011 summer. He has been delaying his surgery since then, but after an injury inflicted bowling performance in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746
earlier this year, the fast bowler finally decided to go under the knife.
Before leaving for the crucial tour of Australia in December last year, the gangling pacer had said that surgery was not needed immediately.
Sources close to Sharma have revealed that Sharma, who is the strike bowler of the Deccan Chargers along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, had also considered postponing the surgery until after the fifth edition of the premier league, which ends on May 27.
But in that case, he would have had missed the rest of the season for the national team, which also includes a crucial home series against England later this year.
Last season, the gangling pacer had claimed 11 wickets in 12 matches at an average of 28.54. The latest edition of the T20 tournament opens in Chennai on April 4 with a match between the Chennai Super Kings and the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians. Chargers will play their
tournament opener against the defending champions, CSK on April 7.
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