I have recovered well: Rohit

 One of India’s premier batsman Rohit Sharma on Saturday declared that he has “recovered well” from his hamstring injury and is raring to go against Australia in the first warm-up game of the ICC World Cup being played at the Adelaide Oval, on Sunday.

Rohit, whose had scores of 264 and 138 against Sri Lanka and Australia respectively in recent ODIs, suffered a hamstring injury during the opening tri-series game against the Aussies at the MCG and took no further part in the tournament.

“I will be playing the warm-ups and am good to go,” Rohit said at the Open Media session of the Indian cricket team.

Rohit confirmed that the three-week rest has helped him get completely fit for the match.
“I had issues with my hamstring but over the past few days I have been working on it and recovered well thanks to the medical staff.

Injuries are part of the game and out of your control. What I can control is my confidence and preparations ahead of the World Cup,” said the Mumbai batsman.

Rohit felt that arch-rivals Pakistan who will be “under pressure” going into the opening match of the World Cup as they have never won against India at the mega event.

“The pressure will be on them rather than us. They are the ones, who have not won a game against us in the World Cup. We will try and use it to our advantage,” Rohit said.

Not denying that Pakistan match will be a huge affair, Rohit wants that fans go back with happy memories and they will prepare to the best of their abilities to win the game.

“It will be a big game against Pakistan. But we need to concentrate more on the process rather than taking it as an India-Pakistan game. The result will take care of itself if we concentrate on the process and we know what we need to do to be at our best.

“Any World Cup game will be an important one and the first game won’t be any different. We will give our fans some happy memories to go back with.”

For Rohit, wearing the India jersey is a good enough motivation for any player and it can’t get bigger than the World Cup.

“Once you wear the Indian jersey, it is motivation enough to go and perform on the field. If you are not motivated enough wearing the Indian jersey, then you are just doing yourself a favour by showing up on the ground.”