Just after Rohit Sharma surprised most watchers by walking out for the toss in Mumbai Indians’ inconsequential last league match of the In...
Just after Rohit Sharma surprised most watchers by walking out for the toss in Mumbai Indians’ inconsequential last league match of the Indian Premier League, the presenter threw a question his way.
“Everything fit and fine with you?”
“Yeah, looks like that.”
It was a tricky question. Ravi Shastri had told Times Now that he could get injured again if he is not careful, and Sourav Ganguly had told PTI that “Rohit himself knows that he has got a long career ahead and it’s not just this IPL or next series for him”.
But here he was, just after Ganguly had said Rohit had a hamstring tear, striding to the middle for the toss. There are some players who miraculously recover from injuries. Maybe, that is what happened to the MI skipper.
Rohit played the next game for MI too. Even though he didn’t contribute much, he was on the field throughout. Fit and fine? Sir, yes sir.
But then on Monday, the BCCI sent a press release detailing the changes made to the India squad for Australia. Now, many were expecting Rohit to be part of all three squads again given that he had ‘proven’ his fitness by actually playing. Instead, there were more questions.
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