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By: Shree1news, 30 DEC 2020
India opener Rohit Sharma joined the rest of his teammates at a Melbourne hotel as he flew into the Australian city after finishing a 14-day necessary quarantine interval in Sydney. Rohit Sharma received a warm welcome from his teammates and the help staff as the star batsman was seen sporting a face masks as he walked into the team hotel.
Rohit Sharma was greeted by his teammates, together with the likes of Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha amongst others. Batting coach Vikram Rathour was seen having a short chat with the opener. Rohit also patted Bumrha on the again during the team gathering at the hotel.
In a video shared by the BCCI, Rohit can be also be seen interacting with head coach Ravi Shastri. “How was quarantine, my friend? You’re looking younger,” Shastri can be heard saying.
The mood within the team gathering was upbeat as India had scripted probably the most exceptional comebacks within the history of cricket to beat Australia within the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne by 8 wickets. India accomplished the victory on Tuesday after gunning down a 70-run target with relative ease. It was heartening to see the team fight back and deliver huge, especially after they had been bundled out for their lowest Test score of 36-all out in Adelaide.
Rohit didn’t play the first 2 Tests as the opening batsman was recovering from a hamstring injury he picked up throughout Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. Rohit was not a part of the limited-overs series in addition to he was undergoing rehabilitation on the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
Rohit passed a fitness test and reached Sydney earlier this month but he was not capable of join the squad ahead of the Melbourne Test due to onerous quarantine guidelines. Rohit spent 14 days in quarantine in Sydney.
Notably, there was an itinerary change for each India and Australia teams as they will reaching Sydney only on January 4. They were expected to reach Sydney on December 31 but the Covid-19 situation has forced a change in their plans.
Sydney has held on to the third Test regardless of the rising circumstances of the Covid-19 within the city, Cricket Australia confirmed on Tuesday. Melbourne, which hosted the just-concluded Boxing Day Test, was being kept on standby.
Source: A-N
