‘Not possible Shastri didn’t know about Rohit’s situation’

New Delhi, Nov 4 : Former cricketer Virender Sehwag doesn’t believe that Team India head coach Ravi Shastri was unaware about Rohit Sharma’s health condition, which has seen the opener not being named in the squads for the Australia tour.
Shastri, while speaking to a news channel last week, said he is not a part of the selection committee and hence it was not his call to include Rohit in the three squads for the tour of Australia beginning at the end of this month.
Shastri had said Rohit’s medical report stated that “he could be in danger of injuring himself again” and advised the 32-year-old not to rush his comeback.
“I don’t think that it is possible that Ravi Shastri did not know about Rohit Sharma’s situation,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz. “Even if he is not a part of the selection committee, the selectors must have spoken to him a day or two days ago regarding what he was thinking, and taken his feedback and inputs.
“I do not agree with this statement of Ravi Shastri that he is not a part of the selection committee. Even if it is not official, the coach and captain must have spoken unofficially to the selectors regarding who should be in the team for the Australia tour,” he added.
Rohit, however, on Tuesday evening appeared for Mumbai Indians in their last league match against SunRisers Hyderabad in the ongoing IPL. After their 10-wicket defeat to SRH, Rohit said that his hamstring was fine.