Indian veteran batter Rohit Sharma, who is much anticipated to feature in the ODI series against Australia, has travelled to the BCCI CoE and is expected to continue practicing in the centre for the next week.
Rohit Sharma has been one of the best batters in the Indian team in recent times. He has amassed a lot of runs in his ODI career and has scored 20000+ international runs throughout his career. Sharma has retired from the Test and T20I formats of the game.
Rohit has, however, not played a single game for India since the ICC Champions Trophy final against New Zealand. However, he was the player of the match in the final game. He was also seen in some commanding form in the IPL 2025 for the Mumbai Indians.
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Rohit Sharma will train for one week at the BCCI CoE
The Indian team is in the UAE, featuring in the Asia Cup; however, many of their senior batters are not part of the squad. Some have been snubbed from the squad, while a few have announced their retirement from the format.
Rohit Sharma, the great Indian skipper who has led India to two ICC titles in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and the ICC Champions Trophy of 2025, is also in India and is preparing for his much-awaited return to India.
Rohit was earlier reported to be part of India A’s squad against Australia A, but he was not named when the squads were announced. He has now been spotted at the BCCI Centre of Excellence.
RevSportz journalist Rohit Juglan has reported that Rohit will stay at the CoE for the next week and has urged training on the bouncy tracks. It is reported that he batted for 1 hour in the nets on such tracks.
Rishabh Pant is also under rehabilitation at the CoE
On the other hand, Rishabh Pant, the Indian left-handed wicket-keeper batsman, was part of the Indian team in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in England. Pant was one of India’s finest batters in the middle order.
Rishabh Pant has scored 479 runs in the Test series with 3 half-centuries and 2 centuries; however, he struggled with his foot injury after being struck by a full toss from Chris Woakes.
The injury had ruled him out, and since then, he has been rehabilitating at the BCCI Centre of Excellence and is expected to make a comeback ahead of the series against Australia. However, Pant has been desperately trying to make a comeback before the Windies tour.
Rohit Sharma shows determination to continue in the ODI format for India
After announcing his retirement from Test cricket, Rohit Sharma has shifted his focus to prolonging his ODI career as a batter. Sharma, who turned 38 this year, would be 40 by the time of the next ICC World Cup in the 50-over format.
The batter, due to his increasing age, has been doubtful for the upcoming ICC event, especially with a huge concern over his fitness. However, Rohit has been repeatedly seen taking to the nets and has been toiling hard.
He also took the Bronco Test in the BCCI Centre of Excellence alongside several other fitness tests. The veteran has passed all his fitness checks and has made himself available for the upcoming white-ball tour to Australia.
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