'Great News For Indian Cricket That Rohit Sharma Is Fit': Sunil Gavaskar Opens Up On The Entire Controversy

Former Indian opener, Sunil Gavaskar has claimed that Rohit Sharma’s availability to play matches is a great news for Indian cricket fans. Gavaskar has also opened up on the entire controversy surrounding the Indian limited-overs vice-captain and kept his views on the entire matter as the team seems in conflict.

Notably, the BCCI announced the squad for the Australian tour and India’s limited-overs vice-captain, Rohit Sharma, was not included in any of the teams. The BCCI stated that Rohit is unfit and the medical team will constantly monitor bim. However, videos of Rohit Sharma emerged soon after the announcement where he was seen practising in the nets.

This caused massive controversy as the cricketing legends raised questions on the board’s assessment. To defend the selection committee, Indian head coach Ravi Shastri stepped in and stated that Rohit is unfit to play.

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Sunil Gavaskar Opens Up On The Entire Controversy

“Whatever has transpired earlier with regards to his (Rohit) injury, keeping that aside, I would say it’s a great news for Indian cricket that Rohit Sharma is fit,” Gavaskar said on “Sports Tak”. “Look, the concern shown by everyone collectively that there could be a rupture (if he hurries his return) is a valid one. But he looked confident. He fielded at the boundary ropes and also in the 30-yard circle,” he added.

Although Gavaskar seemed impressed with Rohit’s fitness, the former India captain said it wouldn’t be a bad call if the BCCI were to conduct a fitness test to get an estimation of the batsman’s progress and recovery.

“He played the match to show that he is fit but if BCCI wants to test his fitness again, then there is nothing wrong in it. Because they want to check if he is fully fit or not. Maybe, he will be monitored. Normally, when you come back from injury, you need to play a few matches as match fitness determines your fitness status,” Gavaskar said.

Captain Vice-Captain Shouldn’t Be An Issue: Sunil Gavaskar

Gavaskar reckoned it all boils down to Rohit’s availability, which at the moment, appears positive.

“Irrespective of how much you look fit in the nets, you are not stressed but when you have the pressure of a match, that gives an idea of how fit you are. Captain, vice-captain shouldn’t be an issue at all. The moot point is the player should be available to play and he is available,” said Gavaskar.

“Twice Rohit was asked before and after the match and he said that he is fit and doing well. He seemed confident. So actually, there is no point going into the details of what happened earlier. Let’s talk about today and today he is fit,” Sunil Gavaskar concluded.

It will be interesting to see as to how things churn out from here as Rohit Sharma has already stated that he is fit and available to play and will be seen representing Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2020 playoffs.