Pacer Sandeep Warrier expressed his disappointment at sustaining a hamstring harm throughout the Duleep Trophy final September, as he felt it was an opportune time for him to get again into National reckoning.
“I felt that one or two (good) performances at that time (would have helped), (since) there were a lot of opportunities that were coming up.
“India-A tour of Australia, India tour of Australia, England tour… To be honest, I had extreme expectations or aspirations before last year’s Duleep Trophy. Till the time I played it, I was expecting all the things to happen. But when I got injured, I came to the acceptance that it is not in my control again.
“It just didn’t click for me at that time. My focus now is winning the Ranji Trophy (with Tamil Nadu),” he stated at the MRF-Pachaiyappa’s floor right here on Thursday.
On Tamil Nadu’s possibilities in the upcoming Ranji season, he stated: “In the past three-four years, I could see how the team has been shaping towards lifting that trophy. I strongly believe that this is the season we are going to lift that trophy.”
For the 34-year-old, who is now again to full health, the hamstring harm recurred twice — as soon as throughout the final Ranji season and once more throughout the TNPL, the place he bowled sooner than ever earlier than. He incessantly breached 140 kph and even clocked speeds as excessive as 145 kph.
“I feel that I was in great running rhythm during the TNPL. But after getting injured again, I wanted to tweak a bit of my running speed or running rhythm, whatever you may call it.
“I worked with Bala bhai (former India pacer L. Balaji), Thirukumaran (TN bowling coach T. Kumaran), R. Ramkumar (at Jolly Rovers CC, the team he plays for in the TNCA first division league), and A.C. Prathiban — depending on who was available — on my running mechanics or run-up rhythm,” he added.
