Deepak Chahar made an impressive return to international cricket as India beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the opening one-day international.
Deepak Chahar of India made a successful return to international cricket after a six-month injury layoff, picking up 3/27 against Zimbabwe in the first One-Day International in Harare on Thursday. Chahar was duly named ‘Player of the Match,’ but the 30-year-old revealed that he had put in a lot of effort skill-wise to match his pre-injury level of performance.
When asked if his performance merited a spot in the T20 World Cup squad, the right-arm pacer replied, “I can’t say if I will be selected or not because that’s not in my hands, but skill-wise I have worked very hard.”
“My plan remains simple, when the ball is swinging try to bowl fuller length and take wickets. If the ball isn’t swinging, then there is a plan ‘B’ or ‘C’. Today, it was swinging till the seventh over that I was bowling. So it was simple — bowl a fuller length and mix the swing and confuse the batter,” he said.
“I knew I will make my comeback in this series, which is an ODI series, so I started loading my body accordingly. The day I started bowling, I bowled six overs and then when I played 2-3 practice games, I bowled full quota of 10 overs,” Chahar said.
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