Saurav Ghosal finds life in limbo, waits for hip injury diagnosis one month after returning from retirement

Saurav Ghosal finds life in limbo, waits for hip injury diagnosis one month after returning from retirement

Saurav Ghosal, who with a hip injury had withdrawn from the SRFI Indian Tour Squash Championship being played in Chennai, said on Tuesday that it’s an injury that has gradually developed over time. ​

“At least, from what the doctors are telling me, it’s not something which has happened in one movement or something. It’s something which has kind of gradually come into play.

“We are waiting on a few things to transpire. So, I’m hopeful that I will have a clearer idea maybe later this week or early next week. We’ve done all the scans.

“It could be either (major or minor). So, that’s what we don’t know. We are not able to pinpoint exactly what it is. We will know for sure in two months, but that’s a long time. So, we are trying to see if we can figure it out earlier. I am waiting, basically. Life is in limbo right now. I’m kind of in a stalemate. So, I’m hopeful that things will fall in place, and I’ll have some good news in the next week or so.,” he said at the Indian Squash and Triathlon Academy (ISTA), where he’d come to watch the tournament.

Last month, the 38-year-old won his first PSA Challenger event – the Octane Sydney Classic, where he dropped only one game – after coming out of retirement.

Talking about that experience, he said: “It was good to be back competing. It was nice to win it. And do the things that I have been practicing – to put it actually into a match. I know the level that I have right now. So, in that sense, it’s what I can do – the way I can play, and the level that I’m playing at. I think that was more of a reaffirmation.”

Published on Mar 18, 2025