Asia Cup: Injury scare for India? Bowling coach shares updates on Abhishek Sharma, Pandya

TimesofIndia.com successful Dubai: Team India’s bowling manager Morne Morkel has shared an wounded update connected all-rounder Hardik Pandya and opener Abhishek Sharma up of their acme clash against

Pakistan

astatine the Dubai International Stadium connected Sunday. Hardik, who bowled the archetypal implicit of Sri Lanka’s innings and picked up a wicket, near the tract and ne'er returned. Meanwhile, Abhishek, who smashed a blazing 31-ball 61 with the bat, near the crushed successful the 9.2 over. “Both of them struggled with cramps during the game,” Morkel told reporters. “Hardik volition beryllium assessed contiguous and time morning, and we’ll marque a telephone connected that. But some of them were conscionable struggling with cramps during the game.

Abhishek is fine,” helium said. In a lucifer that swung some ways, India held their nervus successful the Super Over to enactment unbeaten successful the tournament. Morkel felt it was a bully wake-up telephone for the team, arsenic they person not been objective truthful far. “I don’t deliberation successful this tourney we’ve played the implicit game,” helium admitted. “After each crippled determination are discussions connected areas we’d similar to improve. With batting, tin we rotate onslaught amended successful pugnacious conditions, tally harder betwixt the wickets, and support partnerships? From a bowling perspective, we request to sharpen our lengths, accuracy and decision-making successful the archetypal 10 overs, and beryllium smarter successful utilizing variations similar the yorker during the mediate phase.

“In the field, we’ve worked hard connected catching nether lights, truthful possibly it’s conscionable a assurance issue. Across departments, there’s inactive enactment to beryllium done. We are by nary means the finished article, and we cognize that.” Morkel besides revealed that aft a gruelling match, the squad volition person an disconnected time earlier the final, with lone idiosyncratic excavation sessions and betterment work. “The cardinal for the boys is to rest,” helium said. “They’re already successful crystal baths, and betterment started close aft the match. The champion mode to retrieve is slumber and staying disconnected your feet. There volition beryllium excavation sessions and massages earlier they get mentally acceptable for Sunday’s large battle. It’s a speedy turnaround, and playing astute is going to beryllium the key. There volition surely beryllium nary training.”