India captain Rohit Sharma has joined the team on day 4 of their ongoing first Test against Australia at the Perth Stadium on Monday. The broadcasters’ cameras spotted Rohit sitting in the dressing room and watching day four’s proceedings alongside head coach Gautam Gambhir.
Rohit had come to Perth on Sunday, and had missed the match of this Border-Gavaskar Trophy series underway because of the birth of his second child. Fox Sports also showed that Rohit was practicing against the pink ball at Perth's nets during lunch break, with reserve players Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal, and Mukesh Kumar bowling at him.
India will play a two-day pink-ball tour game against Prime Minister's XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra on November 30 and December 1, ahead of the day-night Test at Adelaide Oval, which is scheduled from December 6 to 10.
"Just during the lunch break here at the nets, we've got captain of India Rohit Sharma, who's just arrived in the country, looking nice and sharp against his fellow countrymen here in the nets. We've got a few of the Indian fast bowlers bowling towards the captain ahead of the pink ball test match starting the 6th of December in Adelaide."
"As we just see there Mukesh Kumar is sending down a nice delivery". But it's great to see the captain here and we're looking forward to seeing him back out on the park here on Australian soil, come a couple of days' time, " said former Australia opener David Warner, who had gone down to see Rohit at the nets.
In his absence, KL Rahul opened with Yashasvi Jaiswal and looked well-phrased in stroke-play and defense while serving up knocks of 26 and 77 in trying conditions at Perth. Rahul also put together an opening stand of 201 with Yashasvi Jaiswal, who looked a class act, making 161, as India declared on 487/6 in the second innings.
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