India's white-ball captain Rohit Sharma is sick well from his left hamstring injury and contains a bright likelihood of creating a comeback for the six-match home white-ball series against the West Indies next month. Rohit, World Health Organization was conjointly the selected check vice-captain for the tour of South Africa, sustained a left-hamstring strain throughout a web session simply before the team's departure for the tour and had to drag out. He was conjointly forced to skip the ODIs in South Africa, beginning this Wednesday, as he could not attain full fitness before the choice committee proclaimed the team.

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"Rohit's rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy goes practically. He’s expected to be okay for the West Indies series. It's still getting ready to 3 weeks from currently before the primary ODI is competing in Ahmedabad from February six," a BCCI supply aware about developments told PTI on conditions of obscurity.

The series against the West Indies contains 3 ODIs and several T20 Internationals. The one-dayers are competed February six to twelve, followed by T20Is from February fifteen to twenty.

For Rohit, the hamstring has been a repeated downside that conjointly forced him to miss the primary 2 check matches likewise because of the white-ball leg of the tour of Australia in 2020-21.

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He did build a comeback for the ultimate 2 checks when serving a 2-week laborious quarantine in Sydney for the last two Test matches.

Currently, as per BCCI's policy, every player should compulsorily seem for fitness tests at the NCA before being awarded 'fit to play' certificates. The choice committee is wise concerning their accessibility solely when this exercise.

With Virat Kohli currently having relinquished captainship even from the check format, there's larger would like for Rohit to stay injury-free within the current set-up.

An Acceptable alternative among players

It has been an associate secret in recent years that excluding being one amongst the simplest performers across formats, Rohit has been some notches higher than his peers in terms of acceptance of 1 and everyone during this team.

Having learned the ropes of captainship handling city Indians within the IPL, Rohit's man-management is seen nearer to MS Dhoni's vogue.

While KL Rahul, thanks to his age, is being thought of as an extended-term all-format leader, one thing which could even have the backing of head coach Rahul Dravid, what's going to move into Rohit's favor, despite the fitness and age concern, is his wonderful kind across formats.

"Rohit Sharma ought to be the bridge before BCCI is assured concerning ensuing young India captain that they require the team to steer for a minimum of 5 years.

"This Interstate Commerce Commission World check Championship cycle ought to be concerning giving it to associate fully-fledged hand instead of somebody, whose leadership credentials are not tried enough," a senior BCCI official same.

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