Rohit’s match fitness will be critical as he has not played any cricket given that the Indian Premier League final on November 10.
He had stayed back in India to recuperate at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru even even though the selection produced the typical India skipper Virat Kohli unhappy.
Kohli had mentioned prior to the ODI series that he had not been informed about Rohit’s progress and that he would have loved to have him recuperate in Australia rather of NCA.
Since arrival, the difficult quarantine has meant that he has not had a opportunity of practice. India coach Ravi Shastri produced it clear that Rohit would not merely stroll in to the side.
“We will have a chat with him to see where he is placed physically because he has been quarantined for a couple of weeks. We will have to see now how he feels before we take the call,” Shastri had told media following the second Test which India won.
Rohit final played a Test more than a year back, against Bangladesh in Kolkata. That was also India’s 1st pink-ball Test.