'You will recover fast and will play in the Olympics next year,' the cricket legend told the injured hockey ace.
The IHF has asked the FIH and IOC to recommend some of the world's best physiotherapists.
The void left by Jugraj Singh is proving hard to fill.
India scored twice in each half for a 4-1 win in the Hamburg Masters hockey tournament.
India's hockey coach said With Jugraj the penalty-corner conversion rate had gone up by 60-70 per cent.
Mercurial forward Dhanraj Singh, Baljit Singh Dhillon and Jugraj Singh have been included among the 26-probables for the Olympics.
Trainer Sampath Kumar says the penalty-corner ace's in-muscle in both the legs is not balanced.
India's hockey coach said the fine performance Down Under was possible due to the induction of several members of the junior World Cup-winning team.
The doctor says it may take Jugraj up to seven weeks just to get back on his feet with support.
The 20-year-old also has a wound on the elbow which will take some time to heal.
The 20-year-old hockey star was transported in a helicopter provided by the Sahara Group.
Jugraj Singh converted apenalty-corner in the last minute to earn India a 2-2 draw in the one-off hockey Test.
They avenged their narrow loss in the first leg of the Hockey Australia Men's Challenge.
The young penalty-corner ace says it will make scoring easier for him.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Once renowned stars of their own sporting arena, former India hockey players Gagan Ajit Singh and Rajpal Singh will be in incharge of security at the PCA stadium, in Mohali, during ongoing ICC World Twenty20.
India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and Deepika won the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year award for men and women, respectively, at the Hockey India second annual awards, in Bengaluru, on Saturday.
Dismissing claims that Sikhs settled in Gujarat had been deprived of their land rights, Chief Minister Narendra Modi has assured his Punjab counterpart Prakash Singh Badal about their welfare.
The World Kabaddi League, on Tuesday, announced the list of 23 players who committed anti-doping rule violations, either before the draft or during and also in out of competition tests. Eleven players were found to have violated anti-doping regulations in the time since the start of the inaugural Wave WKL, according to the organisers.
Former India captain Dhanraj Pillay on Monday batted for participation of Pakistan's players in the Hockey India League (HIL) tournament and urged Hockey India to take up the issue with politicians to ensure their presence in the future editions of the franchise-based league.
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