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Watch Rohit Sharma will get heat welcome as he joins Indian workforce in Melbourne

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Image Source : VIDEOGRAB- TWITTER/@BCCI In the video, Rohit will be seen exchanging greetings with gamers.
India star Rohit Sharma has joined the Indian workforce right here after finishing his two-week quarantine in Sydney, strengthening the guests who’re in a commanding place after beating Australia in a complete means within the Boxing Day Test.

After recording their lowest Test complete (36/9) within the pink-ball, the Indian workforce, led by stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane, staged a exceptional turnaround to humble Australia by eights wickets and degree the four-Test sequence on the MCG. The third Test on the SCG is scheduled to begin from January 7. 

“So how was your quarantine, my friend,” chief coach Ravi Shastri was heard asking Rohit in a video posted by BCCI. Rohit replied by saying he is feeling youthful.

Look who’s joined the squad in Melbourne 😀A heat welcome for @ImRo45 as he joins the workforce 🤗#CrewIndia #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/uw49uPkDvR— BCCI (@BCCI) December 30, 2020

In the video, Rohit will be seen exchanging greetings with Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj and batting coach Vikram Rathour.

Shastri mentioned the medical workforce will take a look at how the participant is bodily after finishing his quarantine earlier than a name is taken on his inclusion within the taking part in XI for the third Test in opposition to Australia in Sydney.

“We will have a chat with him to see where he is placed physically because he has been in quarantine for the last couple of weeks. We’ll also see how he feels before we take the call,” Shastri had mentioned within the post-match press convention after India’s win on Tuesday.

On December 11, the BCCI had introduced that the opener cleared the eagerly-watched health check on the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, paving the best way for his departure for Australia forward of the four-Test sequence.

Rohit had sustained a hamstring damage through the IPL, which led to him lacking the white-ball leg and the primary two Tests of the continued tour. It stays to be seen who makes means for Rohit from the aspect that trounced Australia within the second Test.

Batting nice Sunil Gavaskar had backed the swashbuckling Mumbaikar to open the batting Mayank Agarwal, with Gill being pushed all the way down to the middle-order. Gavaskar mentioned that Rohit ought to substitute Hanuma Vihari within the batting set-up.

“I will have Mayank – Rohit opening, Gill in the middle order, and Vihari goes out for the third Test,” Gavaskar mentioned whereas talking after the conclusion of the second Test on Sony Sports Network.

(With PTI Inputs)