India vs Australia: Rohit Sharma joined with the Indian team in Melbourne after completing his quarantine.
Rohit Sharma back in the Indian team in Melbourne on Wednesday after finishing his 14-days quarantine in Sydney, support the visitors who are on a high after script an amazing return in the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia.
Look who's joined the squad in Melbourne 😀
A warm welcome for @ImRo45 as he joins the team 🤗#TeamIndia #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/uw49uPkDvR
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 30, 2020
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted a video on his Twitter handle, of Rohit Sharma being given a warm welcome by members of the Indian party, who were already in an ecstatic mood having beaten Australia in the Boxing Day Test on Tuesday. In the video Rohit walked into what seemed like the team’s dining area, his team members and coaches greeted him.
Prithvi Shaw, Ravindra Jadeja, and Wriddhiman Saha have been the first to greet him after several other members like Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, and Washington Sundar also came up to warm welcome the Rohit.
After that Rohit walks over to a table where he has been welcomed by Cheteshwar Pujara.
At the ending of the video, he can be seen chatting with India Indian team head coach Ravi Shastri as well as stand-in Test captain Ajinkya Rahane and pacer Umesh Yadav.
“How was quarantine, my friend?” Shastri is heard asking Rohit, in his booming voice.
“You’re looking younger,” Shastri said.
Rohit Sharma had fallen back to India from the UAE after leading Mumbai Indians to their 5th Indian Premier League (IPL) award.
After completing his recovery at the National Cricket Academy having suffered a cripple injury, Rohit Sharma flight into Australia before in the month but had to quarantine for two weeks.
The deadly opener batsman missed the limited-overs leg of India’s tour lower Down as the first two Tests but is available for choice filling for the third Test in Sydney.