Mohit Sharma eyes quick return from ankle injury

Injured pacer Mohit Sharma on Monday (December 28) said he was disappointed at missing India's limited-overs tour of Australia ahead of the more significant World T20. The All India Selection Committee did not consider Mohit for the five ODIs and three T20 Internationals against Australia, starting on January 12, after the medium-pacer suffered a stress injury to his left ankle while playing in the domestic Vijay Hazare one-day tournament.
"It is obviously disappointing but it (injury) is very much part of an athlete's life. There is nothing I can do about it. Surely, it would have been ideal to tour Australia and then the World T20 is also round the corner. The focus now is on getting back to full fitness," Mohit told PTI when asked about his thoughts on missing the tour Down Under.
The 27-year-old had a decent outing in Australia and New Zealand during the World Cup where he ended with 13 wickets from eight games at 24.15, third highest for India. Mohit, a regular in India's limited overs set-up, played four of the five ODIs against the visiting South Africa in the team's last series in October and picked up five wickets at 43.00.
The Haryana-pacer felt pain on his ankle while playing the two matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy earlier this month. Prior to that, he had taken 10 wickets in the four Ranji Trophy matches that took place after India's ODI series against South Africa.
"It got really painful by the second game (of Vijay Hazare) and I decided not to risk it further. I have been speaking constantly with BCCI physio (Andrew Leipus) on the injury and it will take at least a month before I can bowl again. Having said that, I am feeling much better now and doing light sessions in the gym," added Mohit, who has played 26 ODIs and eight T20 Internationals since making his debut in August 2013.