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Be honest with injuries: PK

Hindustan Times | ByKaushik Chatterji, Chandigarh
Apr 03, 2012 11:53 PM IST

A workhorse in the domestic set-up to an on-off India player due to repeated breakdowns over the last year, Praveen Kumar has seen it all. Kaushik Chatterji reports.

A workhorse in the domestic set-up to an on-off India player due to repeated breakdowns over the last year, Praveen Kumar has seen it all.

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Hoping to fire from the start in IPL V, the Kings XI Punjab seamer said the onus to stay fit, despite a packed calendar, was on players. "There's a tendency to cover up injuries, especially if there's an important match or series coming up," he said. "If a player feels he's not up to it, he should make himself unavailable for his team's sake."

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Praveen felt T20 was a good preparatory ground. "You need to bowl a different line and length in every format, but in T20 you need to have multiple, customised plans for every player and situation."

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