Kalia_Test Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 link India's senior-most pacer Ishant Sharma was, on Saturday, ruled out of the Cricket World Cup owing to a knee injury after he was the only one among the four injured cricketers who failed in the fitness test. Ishant SharmaThe injured quartet of Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja went through rigourous fitness drills and the lanky paceman, who last played in the Boxing Day Test match in Sydney, was clearly not in the best physical condition. "It's confirmed that Ishant has been ruled out and will not recover in time to play the World Cup. As per regulations, we had Mohit Sharma as stand-by and he will be inducted into the World Cup squad. Ishant is likely to return home," a top BCCI source told PTI on Saturday. "Rohit Sharma (hamstring), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (ankle) and Ravindra Jadeja (shoulder) have passed the fitness test. However to confirm their match fitness, the trio will need to go through the grind during the warm-up games against Australia and Afghanistan. "The team management will need to check as to how Jadeja shapes up while throwing from the deep. That they (Rohit and Bhuvneshwar) have reported fit is the reason that they were presented for the Open Media Session," the source added. The BCCI has not yet issued any official statement on Ishant's withdrawal from the team and his replacement yet. Recently, after a four-week lay-off, the 26-year-old Ishant was picked to check his fitness during one of the tri-nation series match against Australia on January 26 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). However the match was abandoned after 16 overs and Ishant didn't get a chance to bowl. But according to team insiders, in the very next match against England at Perth on January 30, he again reported unfit, which raised a lot of eye brows as neither did India play any match nor did they have any practice session in the interim.
rajmarie Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 So typical of bcci and it's selectors. Its a WC not a home series. Unfit players in the squad. And if we crash put of this WC this will be one of the top reasons.
cricketvideos Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 To be replaced by Mohit. There is a god. :yay: :two_thumbs_up: :giggle: good one
beetle Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 To be replaced by Mohit. There is a god. The God of Sharmas....:--D
bowl_out Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 At least two Sharmas is a must in any Indian squad...
Insidious Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 Ishant Sharma's injury is the final nail on coffin. Now we have a team with bowlers like bhuvi who cant swing the ball in australian conditions, shami who depends on batsman to gift their wickets, and yadav who has everything but consistency and Brain. Ishant may be a pathetic bowler on our pathetic pitches, but miles better than anyone on bouncy pitches. Its not a surprise that he had the best bowling figures among all the indian bowlers who played in ODIs in south Africa. Australian pitches only give you bounce and not much side way movement. Without Ishant i don't see any of our getting that bounce. This midget indian attack will probably get smashed even by minnows and will concede 300+ runs everytime.
goose Posted February 7, 2015 Author Posted February 7, 2015 it's a long tournament. Mohit will probably grow more in 5 games than Ishant has in 5 years.
vvvslaxman Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 His Presence Will Be Greatly Missed... Actually we were missing his absence for a long time :cantstop:
Gunner Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 His Presence Will Be Greatly Missed... by the opposition batsmen
Texan Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 I hear bookies are busy revising odds for India making India more favorable to win now.
zep1706 Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 To be replaced by Mohit. There is a god. From what I saw against England at WACA, Mohit is a much better bowler. It is a good news for India.
zep1706 Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 His Presence Will Be Greatly Missed... Only Dhoni will miss his presence, not on the field though. :cantstop:
amiret Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Our senior most cricketer and Vice captain has been forced out of the world cup due to knee Injury. Sad loss for World Cricket . He would have extracted good bounce on Aus pitches. He was our "Ace in the Hole"...... aka acehole. The whole world will miss you Ishant Sharma , Get well soon.
Cricketics Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 it's a long tournament. Mohit will probably grow more in 5 games than Ishant has in 5 years. POST/THREAD
adi B Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Actually we were missing his absence for a long time :cantstop: :hysterical:
beetle Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 I feel bad for him.:(( Without him ,we are really lacking in experience.
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