Indian pacers Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen and Indian captain Rohit Sharma have been ruled out of the third and last ODI against Bangladesh. The injured Indian captain, reflecting on India’s defeat at the 2nd ODI, stressed the importance for players to return fully fit after long stints at the National Cricket Academy.
India’s captain Rohit Singh sits during a training session. (AP)
Rohit Sharma, an injured cricketer, was frustrated after almost pulling off a series win against Bangladesh. He also spoke out about Team India’s occasional injuries. Rohit Sharma, the Indian captain and veteran opener, was injured while trying to catch Anamul Haque from Bangladesh in the second over of the hosts’ innings bowled out by Mohammed Siraj. In the wake of Rohit’s accident, the Rahul Dravid-coached Team India side promoted Virat Kohli, an ex-skipper, to the opening position with Shikhar Dhawan, the senior batter. The injured skipper, who was on the brink of losing the series, stepped out to bat and revived the Indian innings. Rohit, a former cricketer, spoke in depth about injuries sustained by players after passing the National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) fitness tests. Team India is currently plagued by injuries and will be without Deepak Chahar and Rohit Chahar in the third ODI with Bangladesh. There are certainly some injury concerns. We must get to the bottom. It’s not clear to me what it is. They might be playing too much cricket. We need to monitor those guys because it’s important that we understand when they come to India, they need be a 100%, in actual more than 100%.” Rohit said after India lost to spirited Bangladesh on Wednesday. Chahar and Washington Sundar have also been in rehabilitation at the NCA. The Rohit-led India was without Kuldeep Sen, the newly recruited pacer. Head coach Dravid confirmed that three Indian cricketers are out of the Bangladesh series. It’s something we need to consider. We need to meet with our NCA team and try to monitor their workload. This is something we should be looking at. We cannot afford to have men come in half-fit to represent the country. Repertoires are a great honor and source of pride. If they aren’t fit enough, it can be a problem. Rohit said, “We just need to get to it and figure out why this is happening.”
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