The report was submitted along with similar recommendations from two other specialist doctors.
The selection panel headed by Sunil Joshi, which chose the Indian squad to Australia, considered this report and omitted Rohit Sharma from the squad. The committee had also stated that the medical team will continue to monitor his progress.
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The Mumbai Indians skipper had suffered the injury while playing against Kings XI Punjab on October 18th and hasn’t played in the IPL 2020 edition since.
However, the selection committee is hopeful about a timely recovery. The source hinted that the 33-year-old may still travel with the team to Australia and be part of the bio-bubble.
Meanwhile, KL Rahul has replaced Rohit Sharma as the vice-captain of the white-ball squad named for Australia.
A video posted by Mumbai Indians showing Rohit Sharma’s net session has triggered controversy
Meanwhile Mumbai Indians posted a video of Rohit Sharma batting in the nets on their Twitter handle on Monday. This happened on the same day when he was omitted from the Indian squad due to injury concerns.
While the selection committee stated that they had no clue about Rohit Sharma resuming practice, this incident has stirred up controversy in cricketing circles, with fans asking for transparency regarding the injury of the Mumbai Indians skipper.
Even former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar came out and said that fans deserve to know about the situation.
It needs to be seen if Rohit Sharma manages to play the rest of the matches for Mumbai Indians. They take on Royal Challengers in their next encounter on Wednesday.
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