The veteran Indian opener, Rohit Sharma is working out hard to feature in India’s last two Tests against Australia with some catching practice at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, where the team is currently staying for now ahead of the third Test in Sydney. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted some pictures on social media when Rohit can be seen training hard in a session on Thursday.
Captioning the picture on Instagram, BCCI wrote: “The Hitman is here and has just got the engine started!” Rohit linked up with the rest of the team on Wednesday after completing his quarantine in Sydney.
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Rohit’s participation in the last two Test matches will be taking place in Sydney and Brisbane, will depend on an assessment by the team’s medical staff and management, as stated in a BCCI release shared before Rohit’s departure to Australia. The right-handed batsman suffered a hamstring injury during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 and although he returned to the field to lead Mumbai to a record fifth IPL title, he didn’t travel with the team to Australia subsequently.
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After the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli rued a lack of clarity over Rohit’s availability for the Tests, BCCI revealed Rohit came back to Indian in order to support his ailing father and subsequently moved to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru for rehabilitation.
Earlier this month, Rohit Sharma was declared clinically fit for the tour by the BCCI and he joined the team in time for the third Test.
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The four-match series is currently leveled at 1-1 after India won the second Test in Melbourne by eight wickets after losing the first Test in Adelaide by the same margin. The Sydney Test begins on January 7.
