Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma not part of Indian squad for Australia tour till Test series
Dubai/UNI: Rohit Sharma will not be part of the Indian contingent flying from Dubai to Sydney on Wednesday for the Australia tour.
Sharma, who led the Mumbai Indians to their fifth IPL title on Tuesday, will instead return home to recover completely from the hamstring injury he suffered during the IPL.
The Indian selectors initially left Sharma out of all three squads for the Australia tour, which will be played between November 27 and January 19 and will comprise three ODIs, three T20Is and four Tests.
This was because Sharma had suffered a hamstring tear in his left leg on October 18 while completing a run against Kings XI Punjab.
He sat out Mumbai's next four matches before returning to play for their last league match followed by Qualifier 1 and the IPL final, in which he was the top-scorer.
On Nov 9, the eve of the IPL final, the BCCI said in a media release that Sharma would feature in the Test series, but was being rested for the limited-overs leg of the Australia tour to "regain full fitness".
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