India pacer Deepak Chahar made a successful return to international cricket after a six month injury lay-off when he picked up 3/27 against Zimbabwe in the first ODI in Harare on Thursday. Chahar was duly adjudged as the ‘Player of The Match’ but the 30-year-old revealed that he had done a lot of work skill-wise to match that level of performance during the pre-injury period.
Player of the match in the first ODI between India and Zimbabwe, Deepak Chahar, is trusting the hard work he has put in to finesse his skill to come handy when selections for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia are made.
When asked if his performance can open the doors for a spit in the T20 World Cup squad the right-arm pacer said, “I can’t say if I will be selected or not as that’s not in my hands but skill wise I have worked very hard.
Skipper Rahul earlier spoke about the work he, Chahar and Kuldeep Yadav had put in during their rehabilitation in NCA in order to recover and regain full fitness before the series. Chahar further spoke about the preparation and having to cement his place in the team again, saying, “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.”
He added: “So in order to regain your spot, you have to put up a good performance, Obviously pressure was there and I wanted to perform at the first opportunity because that’s all that a player can control.”
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