Zaheer returns from South Africa
Zaheer Khan is back in India after undergoing rehabilitation for his heel injury at the Centre of Sports Medicine in Johannesburg
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
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Zaheer Khan is back in India after undergoing rehabilitation for his heel injury at the Centre of Sports Medicine in Johannesburg. In an interview with G.S. Vivek of the Indian Express, he says that he will wait on his fitness instead of rushing his return.
The important thing is to take your time to recover and not rush back. You have to be not just 100 per cent, but 120 or even 200 per cent fit when you return to action. I don’t want to have any doubts running in my mind when I am playing an international game because it’s a pressure game and you cannot let your team down.
Personally, I would like to play some domestic games or even club games to be sure about myself. That’s what the doctors also said, you need to build it up, because you lose a lot of strength in the area of injury and one has to get it back slowly and not injure other muscles.
Ashok Ganguly is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo