Sehwag heads to Delhi to consult doctor

[Switchblade]

Virender Sehwag, the India opener, has left Bangalore for Delhi, where he is going to see a doctor about a minor rib problem. Sehwag was hit in the ribs during a training session in the lead-up to the match against England but played the game on Sunday. "He is going to see a personal physician and is expected on Wednesday," Ranjib Biswal, the India team manager, said. "There is no major concern as such, but it seems he doesn't want to take a chance." Biswal also said Sehwag had "a niggle in his shoulder" that was preventing him from bowling his offbreaks in the matches. Sehwag aside, the rest of the Indian squad remained in Bangalore after their match against England even though their next game is only on March 6, against Ireland. http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/503668.html

[pensionplan]

"He is going to see a personal physician and is expected on Wednesday," Ranjib Biswal, the India team manager, said. "There is no major concern as such, but it seems he doesn't want to take a chance."

Family time?

[ganeshran]

[stingg]

facing Ireland is'nt a big issue. Sehwag can even take a match break

[shrapnel]

Family time?

What else ? Or Commercial shooting time ?

[Ultimate_Game]

What the hell is wrong with our players? After every game we have a bunch of folks who suffer from "minor injuries" or "niggles". No wonder our fielding is as bad as it is.

[shrapnel]

What the hell is wrong with our players? After every game we have a bunch of folks who suffer from "minor injuries" or "niggles". No wonder our fielding is as bad as it is.

Pampered, delicate darlings ??

[Ram]

How in the world do our batsmen get injured so often? You can understand the situation with someone like Sachin, who has been playing active cricket for 21 years and his body has taken a lot of wear and tear.. But we’ve had a whole host of our batsmen in and out of our team recently due to injury. Gambhir has only recently made a lasting comeback from injury, the entire year of 2010 was pretty much riddled with injuries for Yuvraj and Sehwag has probably missed more ODIs than he has played. Even VVS hasn’t been spared of this malice. If these were just recurring finger injuries (like the type that Graeme Smith has to endure due to repeated blows to his hand), then that is fine. But shoulder, ankle, calf..? These are all typical fast-bowler type injuries that our batsmen seem to afflicted with.

[Ultimate_Game]

Our batsmen don't run hard between the wickets, they don't dive around too much and obviously they don't exert themselves too much while training (looking at Yuvraj) so how the hell do they pick these "injuries". Take the case of Sehwag. He faced 26 deliveries against Eng and I didn't see him run hard or getting hit even once to get injured. Again, he didn't bowl and was not diving around in the field so how the hell did he get injured. The previous match which India played was a week back which is sufficient time to recover from minor niggle/injury. I say let's rest the players who are not 100% fit for the Ireland and Netherlands game and hope that the players recover in time for crucial games. But I'm not keeping my fingers crossed since most of the players who are currently injured had the SA odi tour off and they haven't recovered even after a gap of 1.5 months! This leads me to ask the question - what sort of injuries are these guys carrying and what is our training & physiotherapy staff doing?

[The Outsider]

The guy got hit on the ribs by a cricket ball during practice. Is it so surprising that it might have caused some damage and he wants to get it examined? I would really like to know the kind of fitness regimens which can make a person's ribs immune to being hit by a cricket ball.

[Ultimate_Game]

The guy got hit on the ribs by a cricket ball during practice. Is it so surprising that it might have caused some damage and he wants to get it examined? I would really like to know the kind of fitness regimens which can make a person's ribs immune to being hit by a cricket ball.

Fair enough but answer this question... when was the last time we played a fully fit first XI in a match? I can't remember an instance even if I go back 2 years. Or maybe this - when was the last time we saw a fully fit Sehwag? Since 2007 I have seen Sehwag with shoulder, groin and all sorts of injuries and he's still not fit enough to bowl. Somehow I get a feeling that all these players will be fully fit come IPL.

[shrapnel]

Fair enough but answer this question... when was the last time we played a fully fit first XI in a match? I can't remember an instance even if I go back 2 years. Or maybe this - when was the last time we saw a fully fit Sehwag? Since 2007 I have seen Sehwag with shoulder' date=' groin and all sorts of injuries and he's still not fit enough to bowl. [b']Somehow I get a feeling that all these players will be fully fit come IPL.

:--DRight on !

[The Outsider]

Fair enough but answer this question... when was the last time we played a fully fit first XI in a match? I can't remember an instance even if I go back 2 years. Or maybe this - when was the last time we saw a fully fit Sehwag? Since 2007 I have seen Sehwag with shoulder' date=' groin and all sorts of injuries and he's still not fit enough to bowl. Somehow I get a feeling that all these players will be fully fit come IPL.[/quote'] He is getting on in age. His shoulder will never be the same for regular bowling. 2007 onwards has been the best years for him as a batsman. I'll happily take that.