The Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has added fuel to the fire in the ongoing Rohit Sharma injury conundrum, saying that he thought Rohit was fit when he played the Indian Premier League Playoffs.
Reacting to the news of both the senior pros Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma might not be available for the upcoming test series which begins with the first Test in Adelaide, Kohli said, "[They] would've been better if they had traveled to Aus with the team and done their rehab.”
The 32-year-old, speaking particularly on Rohit’s injury, looked as baffled as any other Indian fan and said, “I thought Rohit would be fit when he played in IPL.”
Kohli, who has sought paternity leave from the BCCI and will not be available for the Test series post the first match, said that the only information he and the team have is that NCA will further assess Rohit on Dec 11. He termed the situation of the Indian team as per the injuries as having a 'lot of confusion’ without any clarity.
This statement of the captain has come on the eve of the first match of the tour when the Indian team would play Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series at Sydney.
Earlier Rohit said that he had always kept the BCCI in the loop about his injury and its progress and hence he was amused that there was so much confusion about the issue.
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