India positive about Ishant Sharma's in-time fitness - Cricket News Update
Following growing concerns over Ishant Sharma’s fitness due to a troublesome ankle, the Indian pacer was thoroughly examined by a doctor in Canberra and has reportedly been given a green signal.
This was revealed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma during a media encounter after the drawn two-day practice match at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 Chairman XI. Sharma’s departure from the field with an uncomfortable
ankle raised many questions about the Indian pace attack which has already been depleted by injuries to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Aaron-c2744.
However, Rohit told the media reporters that there was nothing serious and hoped the lanky pacer would be fit in time for the high profile boxing day Test.
"There is no worry on him. He had some discomfort while bowling and he has seen a doctor. Hopefully he should be fit before the first Test," said middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309 while talking to the media reporters at the end of a high scoring tour game.
The top priority of the Indian team management is to preserve the lanky http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 pacer for the Melbourne Test. Following the latest setback to his ankle, Ishant Sharma is most likely to miss the second war-up game of the tour starting on Monday, December 19,
2011 at the same Canberra venue.
The spearhead of Indian pace attack, Zaheer Khan, who has recently returned to the field after recuperating from a hamstring injury and an ankle surgery that kept him away from cricket for almost five months, also underplayed the situation by saying that
Sharma had left the field to remove some strapping from his ankle that had loosened and was creating problem for him in the run up. "He was to bowl only six overs anyway," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 added further.
During the 72-day-long tour down under, India will play four Test matches, two T20 Internationals and a tri-nation Commonwealth Bank series featuring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 as well.
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