Mumbai Pacer, 30, Tushar Deshpande, clearly said that he was ready to fight everyone for a place in the Indian team when he aspires to play test cricket.
Tushar Deshpande said that his “major ankle surgery” has removed him from the game for a while, but he is now fully ready to recover.
The aspiration is always to play test cricket for India – Tushar Deshpande
DESHPANDE is a well -known name in the Indian Circle of Domestic Cricket, and he also showed his true capacities with the Balloon in the Indian Premier League (IPL) while playing for the Super Kings of Chennai (CSK).
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He played for Delhi Capitals (DC), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL, but his best came for the five -time champions. In IPL 2023 and 2024, he bags 21 and 17 counters for Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Tushar Deshpande’s impressive performance in domestic cricket and IPL helped him call on India for the Zimbabwe tour, where he played two T20i games, choosing two counters in July 2024.
After the series, the stimulator underwent an ankle injury and had to undergo surgery. He hoped to play the KO of Ranji Trophy in February 2025, but his rehabilitation needed more time.
However, now it is entirely fit and looks at an incredible outing for Mumbai, which can open the doors of a test test in India.
“I have made a lot of effort, in fact. It was major ankle surgery and it is my landing foot, it was necessary that I work at this time of time because we advancing a lot of international tours. I was aiming for this and I feel well now for the start of the season,” said Deshpande saying to Espncriricinfo.
“The aspiration is always to play test cricket for India, but I take a match at a time, one day at one point, and I just follow a good process and I stand in shape because I wasted a lot of time on the game last year. So I just got in good shape so that I could hit hard lessons for Mumbai again,” he said.
Playing in England too … I was ready for the challenge – Tushar Deshpande
After his passage IPL 2025 with Rajasthan Royals, Deshpande traveled with India a team in England and played a match against the Lions of England, where he recorded figures of 2/62 and 1/13. He also said:
“Absolutely, as I said, now I am in good shape and well. So, any challenge that appears, I’m ready for that. Playing in England too … I was ready for the challenge. Even if I would have been called for the test team, I was ready for that because I was doing well in the second game that I played for India A.
“So everything is around my physical form. Last year, I was not in good shape, I had an operation, that’s why I was far from the game. Now, I’m in good shape, so I always wanted to play the game and play for India.”
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I feel that the stick comes naturally to me – Tushar Deshpande
Tushar Deshpande might not be very well noted for his stick skills, but he proved his references by breaking a ton of Ranji trophy against Baroda while striking n ° 11 in the quarter -finals of the Ranji trophy last year.
Speaking of this, Tushar Deshpande said he had taken the striker first in his young days in cricket and had only picked up the rapid bowling when he reached the U-13 stadium. He said:
“The rapid bowling alley was the second thing I picked up in my career when I was under 13. So, I think the stick comes to me naturally, but my father always told me that if you beat with patience, you will be a good dough.
“During my hundred, Tanush [Kotian] I trusted myself and turned the strike – so credit suits him too. I scored 70 points (62 of n ° 7) against MP (Madhya Pradesh) in 2016 during my first season. »»
