Ishant Sharma understands the frustration of speed breakers constantly obstructing a smooth ride. For, every time his career seems to gather pace, it hits a roadblock in the form of injuries.
While India played 44 international matches (12 Tests, 30 ODIs and 2 T20Is) between June 2014 and March 2015, the 26-year-old lanky pacer from Delhi managed to play in only 10 of those outings, courtesy his frequent breakdowns.
The latest was a knee injury which sent him back home from Australia days before the World Cup kicked off in February.
Now, fit and raring to go in the Indian Premier League-8, Ishant, in a candid chat with mid-day yesterday, opened up on coping with the disappointment after missing out on his maiden World Cup berth, his plans as far as managing workload is concerned and why he thinks Sunrisers Hyderabad have the best pace attack of all IPL teams.