India spinner Axar Patel has admitted that he was upset after lacking out on the ODI World Cup at dwelling attributable to an damage and it took him a few week to recover from the frustration and deal with restoration.
The 29-year-old was a part of the Indian group within the run-up to the World Cup however a left quadricep damage throughout the Asia Cup compelled him out, with Ravichandran Ashwin changing him within the 15-member squad.
“Obviously, you are bound to be (disappointed). The World Cup was in India, but that injury happened. For the first few days, I was thinking about it, not being able to play due to injury,” Axar informed reporters throughout the post-match press convention.
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“But, the team was doing well, so after 5-10 days, I was back to training and was doing my rehab. But, yes, when you are out due to injury and those 5-10 days you are not able to do anything, you do feel a bit bad. After that, I returned to routine life.
“I was upset, but it happened due to an injury; it’s not in anyone’s hands. It’s part and parcel of the game.” Axar made a formidable return to worldwide cricket, claiming 5 wickets within the sequence to date together with his three-wicket haul organising the 20-run win for India within the fourth T20I right here on Friday night time.
“If you are away from international cricket for some time due to injury and then come back, you try to prove yourself and you also have to look after your body, so I also took one match (at a time),” he mentioned.
“When you come from injury you try to keep that part of the body safe. You are not able to give your full effort. It stays in the back of my mind.
“It doesn’t happen in that way because the trainer already tells you that nothing will happen but while sprinting, you feel what if something happens again to the quadricep.
“But the first couple of matches, I was back to routine. Now I don’t feel anything like that and the work that I put in the last one-and-a-half months, I am reaping the reward now, so I am happy overall.”
India’s T20 World Cup preparation begins now
After lacking the ODI World Cup, Axar is raring to be a part of the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held within the USA and West Indies in June subsequent yr and mentioned the preparation for a similar has already begun.
“Before the T20 World Cup, I don’t think India has a lot of T20 games scheduled, maybe 9-10 matches. So, we have to plan from now and prepare as there is the World Cup in June and then there is IPL in between, so the planning is going on,” he mentioned.
“All the players have been told about their respective roles, in what position they will play and once Rahul (Dravid) sir is back, there will be a detailed discussion but we know what we have to do in this series, so there is no confusion.”
Axar, who has taken 44 wickets in 49 T20Is, was omitted from the T20I squad for the upcoming South Africa tour with Ravindra Jadeja changing him. Asked if he was fired up because of the snub, Axar mentioned, “It is not like that, if I would have gone for runs then you would have said that I was upset. I was normal.
“…there was nothing in my mind that I have to prove myself for that. I have been doing well and this is not my decision and I didn’t think much about that. I am just happy I got wickets today.” Axar dismissed World Cup hero Travis Head, Ben McDermott and Aaron Hardie as India restricted Australia to 154 for 7 whereas chasing the hosts’ complete of 174 for 9 within the fourth T20I.
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“I didn’t change my bowling much. There was dew in the last three matches, so we were bowling back of length but there was no dew today, so we could give the ball flight as the seam was not too wet,” he mentioned.
“There was grass on the pitch, so some balls were skidding, so they were facing difficulties. I have also been varying my pace for the last three matches, sometimes going for a few slower ones in between.”
Axar shaped a formidable left-right spin mixture with younger Ravi Bishnoi, who produced figures of 4-0-17-1.
“Throughout the series he has been bowling well. His speed has been troubling the Australians, especially his googly and he has been working on his leg spin.”
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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