Haseeb Hameed admits he was taken aback to be told he had to leave the tour of India, but says he used that realisation as an excuse to meet one of his heroes, Virat Kohli, at the end of last weeks third Test in Mohali.Hameed, who is now in Mumbai as a spectator having had an operation on a badly broken finger in the UK, said he was devastated to learn the severity of the injury and tried to plead with the coaches to let him play on with the use of painkillers.But a dressing-room encounter with Kohli helped to assuage the disappointment of the injury, as he overcame his initial reticence to pick the brains of a player whom he found to be open, honest and humble.I actually took Moeen Ali with me, Hameed said. After I found out I was going home, I said as a bit of a joke, lets see if we can get hold of Virat for a couple of minutes.Hes probably the most sought-after man in world cricket at the minute. I didnt want to miss that opportunity. Within a couple of minutes he came out. He was great. He said Im happy to do that, now or later, whenever you want. He was very obliging.I was just trying to get an insight into the way he goes about his business: what he thinks, because thats what sets him apart from other players in the world.The look on his face when he walked out and got runs... I could tell straightaway that he means business and then he went on and delivered.I was just trying to get into his mind as much as anything, and he was great: very open and honest. A lot of people see him as this aggressive, borderline-arrogant sort of person on the field, but I think it is pure passion and his desire to win that comes out on the field.Off the field hes very humble, I found, and very open with me. I was very grateful for that.Hameed had clearly made an impression on Indias captain, both on debut at Visakhapatnam, where he batted for 50 overs in the second innings to lead Englands rearguard, and then at Mohali, where he came in at No.8 after suffering his injury, and counterattacked bravely to make an unbeaten 59.After adapting his technique to take the pressure off his injured digit, Hameed had been confident of using the downtime between the third and fourth Tests to regain sufficient fitness to complete his maiden series. Englands medical team, however, had other ideas.When I was told I had to go home, I was pretty taken aback, he said. I didnt expect it.The day before my brother said when will you recover from the break? and I said before the next Test. The swelling will go down and Ill be fine because weve got an eight-day break.But then to hear that I had to go home to have surgery... It did hit me. I was pretty devastated at the time.I tried to persuade the coaches and the doctor to find a way to work around it. I asked if I could just take some painkillers and strap it up and get on with it in the games. But for the long-term benefit, it just felt better for me to get the surgery done. Im sure thats the case. Now its just a case of getting myself ready for the English season.Hameed departed safe in the knowledge that he had made a fine impression at the start of his Test career. While he has only played three Tests, the composure he demonstrated - particularly when batting in that second innings at Mohali - suggested that England had found a long-term partner for Alastair Cook, and a talent that could serve them well for years to come.I was quite determined it wasnt going to get to me, he said. Obviously if you have a break its going to be painful, but I just had to put that to one side and give it my best shot and not let that affect me.That was partly the reason why I had a couple of nets beforehand: to make sure I was ready. I found that, by trying to get my finger on the bat, it was probably causing me more pain and it felt quite restrictive. So I felt it was better to just hold the bat as hard as I could with the three other fingers. The physio actually said that most of the grip strength comes from the little finger, hence why I found it difficult to start off with. But the more I batted, the more I felt comfortable with it. It went all right.He hopes to be able to start batting again in six or seven weeks. But, while he admits he has mixed emotions about watching his new team play without him, he will watch both this game and the final Test of the series in Chennai from the stands with the family who have been with him every step of this tour and long, long before it.Im very close to my family, he said. They obviously love the game and theyve watched me since I was a young lad, so it was only fair for them to come out and watch me play.Making my debut in my dads home state [Gujarat]... things fell into place quite nicely. Every time I went out to bat I was more confident and felt more comfortable.Im sure theres something better in store for me out there because of this injury. Im a big believer in tough times bringing out the best in you. Al Horford Jersey . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. 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He also had to have his abductors (one right and two left) reattached.As he lay for 10 straight days in a Philadelphia hotel room, Watt said he was overwhelmed with the rehab process and his inability to even walk or get out of bed.When I was in Philadelphia after the first surgery, there were some days there where I really questioned whether or not Id ever be able to play again, Watt said. Just some of the stuff we were dealing with from a rehab standpoint. And just the way that the recovery was going early on.The turning point came during Super Bowl week in San Francisco, Watt said. Watt had been having a hard time getting out of bed and moving around. Watt said he and the Texans coordinator of rehabilitation, Roland Ramirez, had been working on an aggressive approach to his rehab, but he was not seeing a lot of progress.Ramirez and I had been working on something for a little while, and wed been trying this method out and it really wasnt showing a lot of results, Watt said. 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Watt said after going through that first surgery in January, the second procedure was much easier to get through.And even though he underwent back surgery just before the start of training camp, Watt said there was no doubt in his mind that he would be ready to play in the regular-season opener against the Chicago Bears.No, there was never a doubt, Watt said. Those guys were awesome in helping me and also awesome in being willing to have an aggressive approach. After a surgery, the rehab can go one of many ways, and these guys were willing to accept my aggressive style, and we did it in a smart fashion, but we did it in a way that we knew that this really wasnt going to be an issue.Watt has not missed a game in his five-year NFL career, playing in 85 consecutive games, including the playoffs. ' ' '