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[Libran]

Yuvraj Singh, expected to be out of action till the World Cup, could make a return of sorts as early as the home one-day series against West Indies. Yuvraj, who has been training in Mumbai in the Bandra Kurla Complex, at the same time as the finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the zonal under-19 tournament, could make a comeback as soon as the second half of the four-ODI home series against West Indies.

"He is in the final phase of rehabilitation. He is doing light fielding, functional agility, netting," Mithun Joshi, sports physiotherapist and son of the board's medical expert Dr. Anant Joshi, wrote in a report to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. "It is likely he will be able to return to light Twenty20 style match play by the 19 th of this month. He could be with the team for the preparation for the West Indies series and be available to play in the latter part of the one-day series against West Indies, or for the series against Sri Lanka."

Yuvraj had recently practiced against a bowling machine, and was doing light exercises. He has been out of cricket since the middle of the Champions Trophy, when he tore a ligament in the knee in a pre-match training session at Mohali, while playing kho-kho, a traditional Indian game, as part of warm ups.

"There was never any pain," an audibly elated Yuvraj told Cricinfo over the phone from Mumbai. "From the beginning it was never a question of pain. It was bone bruising because of the ligament tear. Obviously there is discomfort in using crutches, wearing a brace but it was not about pain.

"It's hard to come back so quickly without surgery. I have really worked very hard over the last 40 days," said Yuvraj. "The problem is that it plays on you mentally, especially when fielding. You're wondering whether you might get a recurrence of the injury and that could put you out for a long time."

Assessing his own fitness, Yuvraj concurred strongly with the doctors' judgement. "Actually in plain terms I'm about 90-95% fit at the moment," he said. "But it's always different being in a match situation. It's just about getting some match practice under the belt. Hopefully I can play three or four practice matches, and then if all goes well declare myself fit and eligible for national selection."

Anand Vasu is assistant editor of Cricinfo

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/275893.html

[keep-it-cool]

Hope he does not end up in jail after recovering from his injury. He and his mom have been summoned to a Punjab court after his birthday *bash*

[LosingNow]

I somehow have a nagging feeling that he will not be there in WC ..even if he is there, he will not be 100% fit.
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"It's hard to come back so quickly without surgery. I have really worked very hard over the last 40 days," said Yuvraj. "The problem is that it plays on you mentally, especially when fielding. You're wondering whether you might get a recurrence of the injury and that could put you out for a long time."
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Suraj discussed this injury in a thread long time ago.. this is not an easy injury to recover from and in some cases, can be career-ending. I hope he is getting the right medical advice but the "no surgery" option looks dicey to me and appears like a band-aid to allow him to be able to play for WC - which may backfire! [I hope my instincts are proven wrong on this one!]

[fineleg]

I somehow have a nagging feeling that he will not be there in WC ..even if he is there, he will not be 100% fit.

Suraj discussed this injury in a thread long time ago.. this is not an easy injury to recover from and in some cases, can be career-ending. I hope he is getting the right medical advice but the "no surgery" option looks dicey to me and appears like a band-aid to allow him to be able to play for WC - which may backfire! [I hope my instincts are proven wrong on this one!]

I have the same feeling - this may resurface in WC07 - they need to be 100% sure of YS fitness.

[pieterSAN]

Frankly, I don't like what I am hearing about Yvuraj making a comeback so soon. I hope Yuvraj is smart enought to get a more than 2 opinions before he risks his career.

[fineleg]

"It's hard to come back so quickly without surgery. I have really worked very hard over the last 40 days," said Yuvraj. "The problem is that it plays on you mentally, especially when fielding. You're wondering whether you might get a recurrence of the injury and that could put you out for a long time."

He will not be able to feel mentally ok to field and throw himself etc.
He is young and has many many years of cricket left in him - he really should assess long term benefit.

[toney]

One good way to assess his fitness would be to make him have extended sessions of Kho-kho. To start off, he could play with Veeru before gradually bringing him up to full rigour by including Nehra and Munaf in the exercises.

[LosingNow]

One good way to assess his fitness would be to make him have extended sessions of Kho-kho. To start off, he could play with Veeru before gradually bringing him up to full rigour by including Nehra and Munaf in the exercises.

In other words - "confidence building measures"

[ruchir]

We will need Balaji to show these amazing athletes the way (literally) by smiling his million watt pearly white smile.