The NCA will send the final evaluation of the batter to BCCI
Will Rohit Sharma travel to Australia for the next four-game test series? A response is expected on Friday when the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, where Sharma is in rehab, submits his final assessment of his fitness to BCCI. If the NCA gives a positive answer, then the BCCI will need to find out how it can get Sharma to Australia and integrate him with the Indian testing team, which is in a biosecurity bubble.
Under Australian government regulations, Sharma will have to spend 14 days in quarantine before he can enter the team bubble. It could not be determined what the BCCI plans to do in the event that Sharma is declared fit by the NCA.
Sharma had been ruled out of the first two test matches last month, with a hamstring injury he sustained at the IPL, after which he traveled to the NCA.
Sharma’s episode has been full of intrigue since he injured his left hamstring during a league game while playing for the Mumbai Indians at the IPL in September. The injury initially led the national selectors to omit Sharma from the Australian tour with the caveat that he would be “monitored.” However, on November 9, the BCCI provided an update, stating that the selectors had ruled Sharma out of the limited overs stage to “rest” and “regain full fitness” for the Test series as they included him. in the red. – ball squad.
However, instead of traveling with the Indian contingent to Australia from the United Arab Emirates (where the IPL took place), Sharma returned home to Mumbai after Mumbai won the IPL on November 10, to attend his father who was “sick”.
The reason why Sharma returned to India was revealed by the BCCI in a press release on November 26, a day after the captain of India, Virat Kohli, stated that he did not know the reasons why Sharma, together with Ishant Sharma, they had not completed their rehabilitation in Australia. which could have put them both in a position to play the first test.
Sharma’s last test was the day and night match against Bangladesh last year. He missed the two-round series in New Zealand after sustaining a calf injury in the limited overs segment of that tour.
Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor of ESPNcricinfo
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