Discarded West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo still has his eyes set on wearing the maroon colours, and is anticipating the day when he gets a recall to the West Indies set-up.
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In an exclusive interview with this publication, the 34-year-old expressed that, for his dream to become reality, he would have to do well in the Regional Super 50 tournament and the Regional 4-Day tournament come next season.
“I have all year to prepare. I just have to stay focused and train hard as I normally do, and do well when I get the opportunity again,” Bishoo opined.
Currently nursing a knee injury, Bishoo disclosed that he had already undert
Bishoo in ODI colors
aken therapy therefor, and the sessions of therapy are almost completed.
“The recovery is coming along well, but very slowly. It’s knee, so you have to really take your time and take care of that; it’s just a slow process,” he posited.
Devendra Bishoo
The Albion, Corentyne, East Berbice lad returned to competitive cricket in the 2020 Regional 4-Day tournament, wherein he played three matches for the Guyana Jaguars but took only five wickets in total. He explained that he had still been recovering.
Speaking on his return to Regional cricket, Bishoo had this to say: “It was good (but) I didn’t have the best start that I wanted. Remember, I’m just coming back from injury and stuff like that, but I feel the last match in Grenada I bowled well. It’s not my standard and where I wanted to be, but as I say, I had an injury and you can’t push it too much.”
Bishoo posited that he had not been bowling a lot during his recovery time at home, hence he accepts this phase in what he describes as a slow process. “I was just focusing on recovery, and how to get myself prepared for 4-Day,” Bishoo explained.
This leggie has played 103 first-class matches and has taken 387 wickets. He has a best bowling figure of 9-78, with 20 five-wicket hauls and 20 four-wicket hauls. He has four 10-wicket match hauls proverbially ‘under his belt’ at the first-class level.
Bishoo, who last played for West Indies in March 2019 in the Home Series against England, has taken 117 Test wickets in 37 matches, and has four five-wicket hauls. In the ODI format, he has taken 38 wickets in 42 matches.
