Not easy for anyone to be away from the game: Zaheer on Archer’s promising comeback | Cricket News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Having been out of the action for more than one and half years due to multiple injuries, England pacer Jofra Archer made an immediate impact on his return to competitive cricket.
The right-arm pacer played a stellar role in MI Cape Town‘s victory over Paarl Royals in the opening game of the inaugural SA20 as he took three wickets in his four overs in his first match after a 541-day absence.
Lauding his match-winning effort, Zaheer Khan, who is director of cricket at Mumbai Indians, said that Archer is fighting a physical as well as a mental battle and it’s not easy for anyone to be away from the game.
IPL giants Mumbai Indians have invested heavily in the 27-year-old Archer and they bought him ahead of the 2022 edition even though he was not going to be available for the entire season.
“It has to be an emotional one for him as well. When you are playing after so long, pretty much your career is under scrutiny, how you are going to come back. You have to put in a whole lot of hard work, you need to be very patient as well.
“So, it is not just the physical battle which he must be fighting, it is mental battle as well. It’s not easy for anyone to be away from the game for that long. Injury is something that is not in your hands, but how you manage yourself it takes a lot of energy,” the former India pacer told Sports 18.
Archer underwent four operations in a span of 15 months to regain full fitness. He suffered a freak finger injury in 2021, followed by two elbow operations before treating a stress fracture on his lower back.
(With PTI Inputs)
The right-arm pacer played a stellar role in MI Cape Town‘s victory over Paarl Royals in the opening game of the inaugural SA20 as he took three wickets in his four overs in his first match after a 541-day absence.
Lauding his match-winning effort, Zaheer Khan, who is director of cricket at Mumbai Indians, said that Archer is fighting a physical as well as a mental battle and it’s not easy for anyone to be away from the game.
IPL giants Mumbai Indians have invested heavily in the 27-year-old Archer and they bought him ahead of the 2022 edition even though he was not going to be available for the entire season.
“It has to be an emotional one for him as well. When you are playing after so long, pretty much your career is under scrutiny, how you are going to come back. You have to put in a whole lot of hard work, you need to be very patient as well.
“So, it is not just the physical battle which he must be fighting, it is mental battle as well. It’s not easy for anyone to be away from the game for that long. Injury is something that is not in your hands, but how you manage yourself it takes a lot of energy,” the former India pacer told Sports 18.
Archer underwent four operations in a span of 15 months to regain full fitness. He suffered a freak finger injury in 2021, followed by two elbow operations before treating a stress fracture on his lower back.
(With PTI Inputs)
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