Days after recording their lowest test total of 36 in the series opener in Adelaide, the Indian team made a notable change to humiliate Australia by eight wickets and level the rubber at the CGM.
The inclusion of Rohit will strengthen the team that was going through one of its worst phases last week.
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“How was your quarantine, buddy?” Said the head coach. Ravi shastri Rohit was heard asking in a video posted by BCCI.
The batter was heard saying that he felt younger.
Rohit exchanged greetings with people like Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj and hitting coach Vikram Rathour.
Shastri said the medical team will analyze how the player is physically doing after completing his quarantine before a call is taken about his inclusion in Game XI for the third Test against Australia in Sydney.
The third test is scheduled to be played from January 7.
“We will have a chat with him to see where he is physically located because he has been in quarantine for the last few weeks. We will also see how he feels before answering the call,” Shastri had said in the post. party press conference after India’s victory on Tuesday.
On December 11, the BCCI had announced that the starter had passed the much-watched fitness test at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, paving the way for his departure to Australia ahead of the four-test series.
Rohit had suffered a hamstring injury during the IPL, which led to him losing his cue ball leg and the first two rounds of the current tour.
It remains to be seen who makes way for Rohit on the side that defeated Australia in the second round.
Big hitter Sunil Gavaskar has supported the bully Mumbaikar to open up the hitting with young Shubman Gill in Sydney.
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