Former India captain and renowned commentator, Sunil Gavaskar has urged the BCCI to come out clean on Rohit Sharma’s exclusion from India’s squads for the tour of Australia. Yesterday, BCCI put out a statement while announcing the squads for the tour DownUnder.
"The BCCI Medical Team will continue to monitor the progress of Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma." the statement read.
Rohit, captain of the Mumbai Indians in IPL, suffered a hamstring strain during his side's game against Kings XI Punjab on October 18. He hasn’t taken the field since but the opener was seen sweating it out at the nets.
Kieron Pollard has been leading the side in the absence of Rohit. On October 23, Mumbai put out a statement that said: "Rohit Sharma has suffered left leg hamstring strain during Mumbai Indians' last outing. Rohit has made good progress over the last four days, while the management is taking one day at a time monitoring the recovery process in consultancy with BCCI. Rohit has been advised rest for the match against CSK. Kieron Pollard will lead the team tonight."
Rohit didn’t feature in Mumbai’s next clash against Rajasthan Royals on October 25, a day before the selection committee picked the squads for all three formats. Following the announcement, the Mumbai franchise announced the return of Rohit in the training session.
That is when Gavaskar called for clarity on the matter while speaking on Star Sports.
"I don't know, I'm not on any of these public media but I was shown something about him practising at the nets for Mumbai Indians. So I don't know what kind of injury it is. Because if the injury was serious he wouldn't even be padded up.” Gavaskar said.
"I think a little bit of transparency, a little bit of openness about what actually is the problem with him will help everybody. Because the Indian cricket fan deserves to know more than anything else. The franchises I understand, they don't want to give their hand away because they're trying to win the game, they don't want to give the opposition any psychological advantage but we're talking about an Indian team. Even Mayank Agarwal for example, Mayank Agarwal has not been playing... I think for the Indian cricket fan... they ought to know what is happening to two of their key players," he added.
The Indian team will travel to Australia once the IPL gets over. The support staff and other members of the team will undergo quarantine before regrouping for the important away tour.
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