Rohit Sharma will not join team from India in Australia until test series

11/11/2020 India


  • The Indian team boarded the flight to Australia in hazmat suits without Rohit Sharma.

  • Rohit will have to pass the aptitude test before heading to Australia.

Rohit sharma He was not part of the Indian team members who boarded the flight from Dubai to Sydney on Wednesday for the Australian tour. Rohit, who led the Mumbai Indians (MI) to their fifth IPL title on Tuesday, will return home to fully recover from the hamstring injury suffered during the 2020 IPL.

The All India Selection Committee did not initially appoint Rohit to any of the three teams for the Australia tour, which begins on November 27 and would end on January 19. The tour comprises three ODI, three T20I and four Tests. The selectors did so because Rohit suffered a hamstring tear in his left leg on October 18 while completing a race in the Super Over. Kings XI Punjab. He did not participate in the next four IM matches before returning to play his last league match, followed by Qualifier 1 and the final, in which he was the top scorer.

On November 9, the eve of the IPL final, the Cricket Control Board in India (BCCI) said in a press release that Rohit would appear in the test series but was resting for the limited leg of the Australia tour to “regain physical form.”

Rohit will now undergo his rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, and once the 33-year-old passes the fitness test, he will head to Australia ahead of the test series, which begins in Adelaide. December 17.

Before the test series, India will play two warm-up matches, the second of them under the lights, before the pink ball test. The first preparation match between India A and Australia A is scheduled for December 6-8, while the second preparation match will be played from December 11-13.


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