The exclusion of Rohit Sharma from the Australia tour raises many questions among cricket experts and fans. Where netizens request BCCI to give a transparency update on this.
Rohit Sharma Hamstring Injury
Hitman Rohit Sharma faces a hamstring injury during the match against New Zealand played earlier this year. Due to which he ruled out of the remaining matches and later steps in with bat in IPL 2020.
In the ongoing IPL 2020, Rohit Sharma executes his extraordinary gameplay and slowly made his progress to return to his peak form. Without any injury updates suddenly Pollard took over the MI’s captaincy.
Rohit Sharma’s last match in IPL 2020
Rohit has not seen in the matches that took place after MI’s defeat against KXIP in the double super match. In that match too Rohit has not played in the second super over though he remains unbeaten in the first super over.
According to the IPL super overs rules batsman who remains unbeaten in the first over is eligible to bat in the second super over. Fans at that moment thought that it would be a strategy to win over the KXIP.
After which Pollard continued to captaining in the followed matches and the franchise didn’t give any updates on Rohit Sharma’s exclusion.
Rohit Sharma excluded from Australia tour
In addition to this controversy, BCCI announced the India squad for the Australia tour without Rohit Sharma’s name. Rohit’s fans believed that his exclusion may be due to the injury he faced while playing in IPL 2020.
“We are talking about the Test matches, which are a month and a halfway,” Gavaskar told broadcaster Star Sports on Monday.
BCCI updates on Rohit Sharma’s possible return to the squad
During the day BCCI announced the squad for the lengthy tour, Rohit, who was not selected due to an injury, was spotted practicing for his IPL franchise Mumbai Indians. Later BCCI announced that they would consider Rohit only if he proves his fitness in the ongoing IPL 2020.
Just what we love to see! Hitman in action at today’s training 😍#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #MI #Dream11IPL @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/FBYIyhtcOW
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 26, 2020
“And if he is practicing in the nets for Mumbai Indians, then honestly I don’t know what kind of injury it is. I think a little bit of transparency, a little bit of openness about what actually is the problem with him will help everybody.”
“The Indian cricket fan deserves to know, more than anything else. The franchisees, I understand. They don’t want to give their hand away. They don’t want to give the oppositions any psychological advantage. But we are talking about the Indian team here. Even Mayank Agarwal for example. For an Indian cricket fan, they ought to know what happens to two of their key players,” he added.
Rohit Sharma injury update
Indian cricket fans seek for Rohit’s return in fast track mode after the announcement of the schedule for Australia vs India. In the meanwhile, another report says that the extent of Rohit’s injury is severe than was being believed initially.
“Rohit’s injury is more severe than believed initially. The nets session video posted by the franchise on Monday may not be a true reflection of where it stands,” Hindustan Times quoted an unnamed BCCI source as saying.
