Ravi Shastri backs Rohit Sharma for being at MI training sessions

Team India coach Ravi Shastri opines that Rohit might have wanted to test the level of injury himself.

Hyderabad: India’s limited-over team vice-captain Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the Australian Tour owing to injury he sustained in the ongoing IPL. Former players like Virender Sehwag took a dig at the player when they saw him practice at nets with MI squad. However, Team India coach Ravi Shastri opines that Rohit might have wanted to test the level of injury himself.

“There is nothing more frustrating for a player than he gets injured. Sometimes you know, you want to get out of that room of yours and try and see how quickly you can come back. And therein lies the grey area. Therein lies the problem where you want to go and play, you want to test yourself. But only you will know at the back of your mind whether you are 100% of there is a chance of it going again,” he said while speaking to a news channel.

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“I have been through that as a cricketer myself. I finished my career in 1991 when I went back to Australia when I shouldn’t have. If I had taken a break for 3-4 months, I could’ve played five years longer for India. So I speak from experience. It is a similar case. I wanted to go. Doctors told me don’t go. It was greed,” Shastri explained.

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