Ahead of the fourth Test against Australia this week, concern was raised about the knee injury of the Indian captain Rohit Sharma after the batsman was hit during a practice session on Sunday, December 24. However, on Tuesday morning, Sharma dismissed reports of his injury and said his "knee is fine."
"Knee is fine. Nothing had changed since last I spoke. We had two sessions what can change? I think those pitches which we trained they are used pitches. Today is the only day we are gonna get fresher wickets. Will go and see how it is, train accordingly," Sharma said.
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Sharma missed the opening Test match as he was with his family after his newborn son and has been struggling for form since returning it. He was not looking well after being struck on his left knee in the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
However, Indian pace bowler Akash Deep said, “Such injuries are quite common when you play cricket and it doesn’t make much of a difference.” “I think this was a wicket for white-ball cricket, so the ball kept a bit low and it was a bit difficult to bat on. But such blows happen and it’s not a concern.”
Skipper Sharma said he would do whatever was best for the team. "Let's not worry about who bats where. Something that we need to figure and not something I would be discussing here. We will do what is best for the team," Rohit On Kohli's form, and his supposed shortcoming outside off-stump, Rohit said, the stalwart will find a way out of the slump. Kohli scored a century in the second innings of the Perth Test, which India won after being dismissed for 150 in the first essay.
India battled hard to earn a draw in the rain-interrupted third Test in Brisbane to leave the five-match series locked at 1-1 ahead of the Boxing Day clash. The tourists won the first Test in Perth by 295 runs before crashing to a 10-wicket defeat in Adelaide.
