Abhishek Tripathi, Dubai. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was injured during the match against Pakistan. Under his leadership, the Indian team has won both the initial matches and made it to the semi-finals.
India defeated Bangladesh in the first match and host Pakistan in the second. Now it has to face New Zealand on March 2, but the fitness of captain Rohit Sharma is still under question. On Wednesday, after two days of rest, the Indian team came for practice. Captain Rohit Sharma was also there, but he did not practice batting. In such a situation, before the match against New Zealand, everyone’s eyes are now on the fitness of the captain.
Rohit was injured
Rohit Sharma suffered a hamstring injury during the match against Pakistan. Due to this, he looked uncomfortable and even went out of the field for some time. However, after the match, Rohit said that the injury is not that serious and he will be fully fit soon. Now the question arises that if he is not comfortable for batting despite two days of rest, will he be fit before the match against New Zealand? However, there are still three days left in the match and if he is not fit before the match, then he will definitely be fit before the knockout stage.
Expecting a big innings
The tournament has not been very good for Rohit so far. He got a good start in the first two matches, but he could not play long innings. He scored 41 runs against Bangladesh and 20 runs against Pakistan. However, before the tournament, Rohit Sharma had scored a century in the ODI series against England, so India will again expect a big innings from the Indian captain in the knockout stage.
Rahul can open
If the Indian captain does not play in the match against New Zealand, then wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul can open in his place with Shubman Gill. Talking about the record in ODIs, KL Rahul has played 23 matches as an opener in ODIs. During this time, he has scored a total of 915 runs with three centuries and six half-centuries.
If Rahul opens the innings, Pant, who did extra batting practice on Wednesday, may also get a chance in the team. Pant has not been able to play in the first two matches so far.
