India’s Zaheer Khan tweets successful ankle surgery
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. He featured in the first Test at Lord’s, but was unable to complete that game following a hamstring problem.
The veteran bowler was still not ruled out of the series after breaking down in the first Test of the series. He recovered from his hamstring problem to take part in a practice game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824.
Unfortunately for the Indian team, Zaheer only managed three overs in the warm-up match. He had to leave the field following a problem in his ankle. This saw an end to his campaign on the British soil.
However, the left-arm bowler tweeted today, “Got the surgery done on ankle on Monday.” Although his successful surgery would be good news for the team, Zaheer will be out of action for almost four months.
India have struggled to find quality pace bowlers in the recent past, but Zaheer has been leading the attack for the team for quite some time now. He was the most successful bowler for the team in their recent triumph in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011.
The aggressive bowler shared the highest number of wickets in the tournament along with Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482.
The Men in Blue would have certainly struggled to reach the final of the Mega Event without their star bowler. He was under immense pressure to do well on batting friendly pitches, but delivered each time when the team needed.
After a tiring World Cup campaign, Zaheer took part in the cash rich Indian Premier League (IPL). He did well in the lucrative league, but hurt his ankle following a hectic few months of cricket.
India had to tour http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 soon after the IPL, but the team went without their veteran bowler. He wanted to give some rest to his ankle, which was not in a very good shape.
However, the problem did not seem to recover fully and Zaheer had to opt for a surgery eventually. He was replaced by left-arm seamer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RP-Singh-c87028, who has not featured in the series until now.
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