Ishant already Injured?

[Old guy]

yep we need some one like idnda or aaron badly..aaron already out so send dinda in asap pathan wont do -_-

[cowboysfan]

Everybody saw this from a mile away,i bet he wont play a single game,they should someody before its too late.

[Manny_Pacquiao]

its impossible to trust the indian cricket team, but its best to wait until the next practice game. none of us really know anything and the reports in press arent conclusive, its all speculation at this point. if ishant doesn't play in that practice game, then we can safely assume he wont play on boxing day.

[VRV Singh]

[Malcolm Merlyn]

ye kya gaan *******pa hai yaar.......tour shuru hua nahi 3 bowler pehle hi bahar..........If Ishant's ankle is gone,the he should be banned for 1 year.He misled the people by saying his ankle was ok and he didnt need surgery.Pathetic stuff.Who is our physio?

[kabira]

Well if he is injured, he is injured...happens. I don' t blame Ishant. He was fit and played 2 back to back Test matches and bowled quick and quite well. He had break from 3rd test and rested for ODI...probably broke down after bowling those 5 overs..happens, its occupational hazard.

[Lord]

Well if he is injured, he is injured...happens. I don' t blame Ishant. He was fit and played 2 back to back Test matches and bowled quick and quite well. He had break from 3rd test and rested for ODI...probably broke down after bowling those 5 overs..happens, its occupational hazard.

yeah it happens.only thing is I dont want him to carry his injury into the test n then pull out after 10 overs like Zak in England

[ganeshran]

Being injured is not at all the issue, that happens to everyone and is a part and parcel of the sport. The problem is the misinformation about the injury and the blind trust on the player's word which BCCI placed without getting independent confirmation of the same.

[The Realist]

^^^ Exactly. As I said earlier in this thread: Why on earth does the management on all fitness issues just listen to what the players say and undertakes no independent tests??? Sharma in essence has basically lied when he said he needed no operation to resolve his ankle injury and the braindead management just accepted his words. Sharma is not the brightest and relying on his word is just asking for trouble. When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. Simple.

[Karan114]

Well if he is injured' date=' he is injured...happens. [b']I don' t blame Ishant. He was fit and played 2 back to back Test matches and bowled quick and quite well. He had break from 3rd test and rested for ODI...probably broke down after bowling those 5 overs..happens, its occupational hazard.

No one is blaming Ishant for getting injured, that would be absurd, especially for a young fast bowler like him. Its the way Indian players hide/play down their injuries and then the team management lies/deceives the fans which is so infuriating. If Ishant is injured, just friggin say it. Look at Australia - they pulled Cummins out of the India series a month before the first Test had even started. The likes of Harris are being monitored carefully and even a batsman like Shaun Marsh is doubtful for the first Test. We just carry on pretending everything is fine with pathetic lies like "he was only scheduled to bowl 6 overs", resulting in fiascos like Zaheer hanging around till the third Test in England when he was patently not fit enough to play Test cricket on that tour.

[VRV Singh]

There is no way the fecker was pencilled in to bowl six overs. That dirt has already come out with the 'niggle' thing mind you.

[Karan114]

Ishant is given a cortisone shot - ONCE AGAIN, IT'S FINGERS CROSSED LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Calcutta: It's not official, but a well-placed source of The Telegraph, currently in Australia, has revealed that the now-fit-now-unfit Ishant Sharma was given a cortisone injection on Friday. That, clearly, is cause for plenty of concern. Speaking from Canberra, after Indian tour-opener against the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI, the source said: Å¢s Ishant's left ankle is again troubling him, he got a cortisone injection during the day... However, the team management has no plans, right now, of asking for a replacement/additional player. [Rohit Sharma, who interacted with the media in the Australian capital, didnÃÕ go beyond saying: He (Ishant) had some discomfort while bowling and has seen a doctor. Hopefully, he should be fit before the first Test.Ǿ The four-Test series begins in Melbourne on Boxing Day. Ishant bowled just 5.3 overs on Thursday, the opening day of the two-day match, but his coming off quickly was promptly played down by the team management. Invariably, that's the reaction, so there was no deviation from the script which has been followed for years. The public posturing notwithstanding, the team management is very worried as two first-choice medium-pacers Praveen Kumar and Varun Aaron pulled out even before setting out for Australia. Moreover, spearhead Zaheer Khan has only just come back after a lengthy lay-off. After what happened in England, in July, the team management can hardly be faulted for being wary. By his own admission, Ishant requires surgery on the left ankle, but it got put off till after the tour of Australia. The Canberra development, though, is discouraging to say the least. Ishant came of age on the last tour of Australia, in 2007-08, but has never quite played at the international level for a length of time. In between, he either lost form or suffered injuries. In four-and-a-half years since his debut in Dhaka, the 23-year-old Ishant ought to have played more than 41 Tests and 47 ODIs. Ishant, it may be recalled, returned home (injured) after the Test series in England and made a comeback in the Tests against the West Indies. He was rested during the ODIs which followed the Test series. Should Ishant have spent more time in rehab and not rushed his return to the big league? Only he and those who treated him can answer. Today, injury management seems to be the biggest challenge both for individual cricketers and the team managements. Getting back to Ishant, not for the first time in his career, it's fingers crossed for him. http://telegraphindia.com/1111217/jsp/sports/story_14894023.jsp Sahi's scoops are usually accurate, this isn't good news at all.

[Manny_Pacquiao]

that's really bizarre. he looked perfectly fine during the west indies test series. isnt the cortisone shot used for stuff like tennis elbow and other inflammations?

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Cortisone shot.That means there is some inflammation.May not be serious and he may be able to get through the series with regular injections strappings pain killers etc.But may have to get the issue sorted out later.

[BERGKAMP]

he's effed. one of the trundling twins is going to play in the first test. we are doomed, doomed i tell you.

[cowboysfan]

fool me once shame on you,fool me twice shame on me.this nautanki has gone far enough,the BCCI are not deceving any one here(especially not the australians),its plain to see ishant is done for this tour and maybe months before he is fit.Its definitely Ishant's fault too because its ultimately his body and career and he should have had this surgery long time ago and come back stronger,this is just hurting the team badly.

[G_B_]

might as well play Ashwin Ojha Zaheer Umesh no point playing the trundler twins I remember Sehwag screwing up the Indian T20 WC by down playing his injury. Thankgod atleast this time he went under the knife well before this tour.

[Pagalpanti]

How can BCCI not learn one bit from the English summer. :facepalm:

[surajmal]

people are too harsh on BCCI with regards to team selection (although most of its warranted). Its pretty simple: You can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh!t. India's fast bowling stock is worse than all test playing nations in the world (I don't consider Bangladesh a test playing nation) So there is no point in bemoaning the selection committee when in place of the injured trundlers, they can only select more trundlers. Regardless of the health of the standing pacers, if they are to even draw this series, it will be done on the back of the batsmen.

[cricketbash]

Ishant had been injured even before the series and I read in the paper that a surgery was needed on his ankle which would put him out of the Aussie series. He rejected that claim later but what he did was postpone the surgery so he could play in the series, so that he wouldnt lose his place. Sanjay Manjrekar even wrote an article about this issue mentioning Bhajji's injury a while ago. It really comes into question the management of the side and who's monitoring the physical fitness of players and who makes the decision regarding a player is fit or not.

Oh! yes, I confirm it.. He requires a surgery on his ankle but postponed it for the oz tour.. Wonder, if he would last the full test series with the injury on.. It's disgusting and yes I too feel like blasting the support staff!