I Was Constantly Communicating With BCCI And Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma

Indian opener Rohit Sharma has said that he was amused with the hullabaloo that ensued over the status of his hamstring injury after he turned out for the Mumbai Indians, just days after he was left out of the Indian squad for the tour of Australia.

For, Rohit was always confident that the injury wasn’t serious and that he would be battle-ready for the upcoming tour. Rohit was subsequently added to the Test squad.

After Rohit Sharma had turned out for the Mumbai Indians, days after being initially left out of the squad, there were intense speculations around a possible miscommunication between him and the BCCI.

Sharma, who is currently sweating it out at the National Cricket Academy, clarified that he was in constant touch with the BCCI and the Indian team management.

“I don’t know what was going on, to be honest, and what all were people talking about. But let me put this on record, I was constantly communicating with BCCI and Mumbai Indians,” Rohit Sharma told the Press Trust of India (PTI).

Rohit Sharma further added that his hamstring is ‘absolutely fine’ besides adding that the reason behind him turning out for the Mumbai Indians was that since it was a shorter format, he was confident that he would manage the situation nicely.

“I told them (Mumbai Indians) that I can take the field since it is the shortest format and I will be able to manage the situation quite nicely. Once I made my mind clear, it was all about focussing on what I needed to do,” Rohit Sharma said.

“Hamstring is feeling absolutely fine. Just started the process of getting it nice and strong. Before I play the longer format, I absolutely needed to be clear in mind that there is no stone that is left unturned, that’s probably the reason, I’m at the NCA,” he revealed.

‘I don’t know why it became so complicated for others’- Rohit Sharma

As far as people making up different theories behind him not getting selected initially, it doesn’t matter to Rohit Sharma one bit.

“So for me, it was not a concern what x, y or z was talking about like whether he would make it to Australia,” he said.

“Once the injury happened, the next two days all I did was to figure out what I can do in the next 10 days? whether I will be able to play or not. ? he added.

Rohit said that every day the status of his injury was changing and he was quite confident that he would turn up for the Mumbai Indians.

“But every day, hamstring (degree of injury) was changing. The way it was responding was changing, so I was feeling quite confident that I could play and that is the communication that I had with MI at that point. I told them that I think I will be okay to play just before the play-offs. If there is any discomfort, I won’t be playing the playoffs.” he revealed.

Rohit Sharma added that the reason behind him missing the white-ball leg was that he needed 2-3 weeks to completely recover from the injury and he failed to understand what the fuss was.

“Of course, there is still some work that needs to be done on my hamstring. That’s why I didn’t go to Australia for the white-ball leg as there are back-to-back games. Around 6 games in 11 days,” he said.

“So I thought if I get to work on my body for 25 days, I can probably go and play the Test matches. So it was an easy decision for me and I don’t know why it became so complicated for others,” he wondered.

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