Conserving Ishant

Undoubtedly with a bit more refinement and experience Ishant Sharma, popularly known as ‘Lambu’, is going to be our spearhead. It would not be an exaggeration to call him ‘precious’, a word which means both ‘valuable’ and ‘frail’.

Now that he is both valuable and frail it is important to ensure that he does not suffer a breakdown or a grievous injury and has his career cut short. So how can we save him from falling prey to crippling injuries and ensure that he is fresh and willing?

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For starters,this tri-series, let him sit out the matches against Sri Lanka. As for the immediate future he should be protected from heartless tracks like Kotla and play, atleast during the initial years, on surfaces like Mohali in India.

For the sake of Indian cricket, would it be too daring to suggest that he should play in the Tests and avoid the 20/20’s and the ODI’s like the plague?

How would you go about conserving Ishant?