Rohit Sharma’s status has been very complicated in the last couple of days. The Mumbai Indians skipper has missed the last four games for the four-time champions in IPL 2020. Rohit Sharma has also been left out of the squads for the tour to Australia. However, the BCCI and Mumbai Indians created confusion with the franchise uploading a photo of Rohit Sharma practicing after being snubbed by the selectors for the tour to Australia starting on November 27. Thus, no one knew whether Rohit Sharma was out of the IPL or was still in it. There has been no clear call on Rohit Sharma’s availability for the Australia tour even.

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Now, Rohit Sharma faces D-day. According to a report in ANI, Rohit Sharma will be assessed by the BCCI medical team on Sunday and it will be at that time when the final decision be taken on whether Rohit Sharma can tour Australia immediately after the IPL.

Speaking to ANI, one BCCI medical official said, “Rohit will be assessed tomorrow and a call will be taken after that. As is the case with hamstring injuries, the real challenge is in the sprints, as well as the acceleration and deceleration process. That will help us understand whether Rohit has fully recovered or not.”

Serious injury?

The BCCI medical officer stated that unless it was not a Grade 2 tear which is severe, the main focus would be on running between the wickets and not hitting the big shots.

“The hamstring muscles come into play when someone has to take a quick single. While you accelerate at the beginning of the run, you decelerate when you stop and turn for the other run. If you are fit, you will not have a problem,” the officer said.

Mumbai Indians have not missed the services of Rohit Sharma too much after suffering the injury in the double super over miracle against Kings XI Punjab. Mumbai Indians suffered a defeat to Rajasthan Royals but that was because of a superb knock from Ben Stokes. However, the four-time IPL champions became the first team to seal their spot in the playoffs when they convincingly thrashed Chennai Super Kings and also got the better of Royal Challengers Bangalore in a tense chase thanks to Suryakumar Yadav’s knock.

Mumbai Indians’ victory against Delhi Capitals will seal a top-two spot for the franchise and they will be gunning for an unprecedented fifth title in the Indian Premier League.