One feared that her husband, former India batsman Jacob, had suffered another relapse at the Sterling Hospital in Vadodara. The caller, as it turned out, was Jacob himself and his first words were: “I’ve just come home... Excerpts from The Telegraph’s interaction with Jacob, who continues on regulated oxygen support even at home...Q When did you get to know you’d be discharged on Thursday afternoon? This time it has been Jacob Martin who met with an accident and suffered grievous injuries (damaged lungs, liver and broken ribs, for example)... I haven’t yet approached some of the India cricketers (past and present) who’ve committed to help Jacob...

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2019 21:56 UTC