India’s fast pitcher Ishant Sharma has been ruled out for the Australian tour, the Cricket Control Board in India (BCCI) said in a statement on Thursday, November 26. T Natarajan, who was part of the Twenty20 International team from India One-day international team as a backup for Navdeep Saini, who complained of back spasm. Rohit Sharma, who is recovering from a hamstring injury suffered during the Indian Premier League (IPL), will be evaluated on December 11. He is rehabbing at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Rohit’s participation in the test series will be determined after evaluation.
The BCCI statement also revealed that Rohit traveled back to India after the conclusion of the IPL in the United Arab Emirates to be with his sick father.
“Mr. Rohit Sharma had to return to Mumbai after IPL to care for his sick father. His father is now recovering well and this has allowed him to travel to the NCA and begin his rehabilitation,” the statement read.
This revelation comes in light of comments from India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday, where he said there was no clarity as to why Rohit had not traveled with the team to Australia after playing the IPL final.
As for Ishant, BCCI said the pacemaker has fully recovered from the lateral strain it suffered during the 2020 IPL and is “increasing its workload to achieve test fitness.”
However, Ishant has been ruled out of the four-game test series that begins December 17 in Adelaide.
Previously, Kohli had said that the team had been “playing the waiting game” on Rohit’s injury status.
“Before the selection meeting, we received an email saying that he was not available, that he had been injured during the IPL. He said that the pros and cons of the injury were explained to him and that he understood and was not available,” he said. Kohli. said.
After that (the selection meeting) he played in the IPL and we all thought he would be on that flight to Australia and we had no information why he is not traveling with us. There has been no information, there has been a lack of clarity.
“We have been playing the waiting game,” Kohli said.
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India plays three ODIs against Australia starting Friday, November 27, with the first game at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
The ODI series will be followed by three T20Is and four tests.
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