Pesar Tushar Deshpande of 30 -year -old Mumbai has made it clear that he is ready to fight everyone for a place in the Indian team as he wishes to play Test cricket.
Tushar Deshpande said that his “major ankle surgery” kept him away from the game for a long time, but he is now ready to take full action.
Akanksha is always for India to play Test cricket – Tushar Deshpande
Deshpande is a famous name in the Indian domestic cricket circle, and he has shown his real abilities with the ball in the Indian Premier League (IPL), playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
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He has played for the Delhi Capital (DC), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL, but his best has come for a five -time champion. In IPL 2023 and 2024, he took 21 and 17 wickets for Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Tushar Deshpande’s impressive performance in domestic cricket and the IPL helped him get an India call-up for the Zimbabwe Tour, where he played two T20I matches in July 2024, taking two wickets.
After the series, Pesar suffered an ankle injury, and underwent surgery. He was expected to play the Ranji Trophy knockout in February 2025, but his rehabilitation needed more time.
However, he is now fully fit and an eye on an incredible outing for Mumbai, which can open the doors for India’s Test call-up.
“I have tried a lot, really. It was a major ankle surgery and that being my landing foot, it was necessary that I be operated in that time because there are many international tours with coming forward. I am targeting it and I am now feeling good for the start of the season.”
“Akanksha is always to play Test cricket for India, but I am taking a match a day a day, one day a day, and just follow a good process and keep myself fit because I have lost a lot of time from the game last year. So just to keep myself fit, so I can again hit the hard yard for Mumbai.”
Playing in England too … I was ready for a challenge – Tushar Deshpande
After his IPL 2025 term with Rajasthan Royals, Deshpande traveled with India with a squad for England and played a match against England Lions, where he recorded 2/62 and 1/13 figures. he adds:
“Absolutely, as I said, now I am fit and fine. So any challenge that comes forward, I am ready for it. I am also playing in England … I was ready for a challenge. Even if I was called for a Test squad, I was still ready for it because I did well in another game that I played for India A.
“So everything revolves around my fitness. Last year I did not fit, I had a surgery, so I was away from the game. Now I am fit and fine, so I always wanted to play and play for India.”
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I think batting comes naturally for me – Tushar Deshpande
Tushar Deshpande cannot be given high status for his batting skills, but he proved his credibility by breaking the Ranji Trophy ton against Baroda while batting at number 11 in the Ranji Trophy quarter -final last year.
Talking about this, Tushar Deshpande said that he batted for the first time in his young days in cricket and bowled fast only when he reached the U-13 stage. He said:
“Fast bowling was the second thing I later picked up in my career when I was in Under -13. So, I think the batting comes naturally for me, but my father always told me that if you bat with patience, you would be a good batsman. You told me not to throw your wickets away and take your wicket to the bowler ‘.
“During my hundred, tanush [Kotian] Trust me and rotated the strike – so the credit also goes to him. In my debut season, I scored a 70-odd run (number 7 to 62 numbers) against MP (Madhya Pradesh) in 2016. ,
