Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav opened up on his “boring” rehabilitation process after sustaining an injury last December.
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Yadav on “boring” rehab process
The 33-year-old made his return with MI in a winning effort against Delhi Capitals.
Yadav revealed in a video by the IPL’s official handle, X, that he was battling an ankle injury, sports hernia, and an injury to his right knee.
According to Yadav, the rehab process was boring because he was doing the same things again and again.
“I had to take one step at a time, follow the small things and here I am. Really happy to be on the ground. It is great to be back. Nothing beats the feeling of coming back to Wankhede,” said Suryakumar.
“It is actually a little difficult to describe the last three or three-and-a-half months. It was difficult, the first two-three weeks, because I felt it was very boring doing the same things again and again in the rehab,” he said.
However, Yadav’s perception changed when he spoke to his wife and people at the National Cricket Academy (NCA).
The number one ranked T20I batter in the world said he wanted work to become the “second version” of himself.
“But by the fourth-fifth week, I realised that it is important going forward. It was important for me to decide how I wanted to come back.”
“When I spoke to my wife and all the people at NCA, they said it has to be a second version of yourself, you have to be a little different when you come back on the field. I started doing all those small things like sleeping on time, following a good diet – that was most important.”
“I wanted to be a better version of myself, when I got injured, I realised what were the things I wanted to work on.”
