Rohit Sharma Fitness – ‘Advised to Reduce Weight’: With Questions on his fitness being raised, India’s whiteball captain Rohit Sharma has vowed to GET-FITTER than before in 2022. Rohit has been advised by experts at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to reduce weight. Reason, his slimmer version will put less pressure on his troublesome hamstring & knee – Follow Indian Cricket LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
Rohit is currently working very hard at the NCA. He is currently training with his India teammates Ravindra Jadeja, Sanju Samson & others.
“Rohit’s rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) is going pretty well. He is expected to be okay for the West Indies series. It’s still close to three weeks from now before the first ODI is played in Ahmedabad on February 6,” a BCCI source privy to developments told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
The series against the West Indies comprises three ODIs and as many T20 internationals. The one-dayers will be played February 6 to 12, followed by the T20Is from February 15 to 20.
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Rohit Sharma on ‘Weight Reduction’ spree at NCA, advised to reduce weight for less pressure on troublesome hamstring & knee
Newly appointed white-ball captain Rohit Sharma now for quite some time has been bothered by hamstring injury.
The injured knee & hamstring has led him to miss few matches of IPL 2021, India Tour of Australia & now the ongoing India Tour of South-Africa.
The fitness experts at NCA have advised Rohit to reduce weight for less pressure on knee & hamstring.
According to the sources, he has been given target to reduce weight by 5-6 Kgs.
Rohit is religiously following the regime set by the trainers at NCA. The HITMAN looked slimmer than before in the recent pictures posted by India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan.
Great to see these two champions 🤗 Training with them is always fun 😁 pic.twitter.com/mpexyHR6of
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Rohit is not the only one currently training at NCA.
Ravindra Jadeja, who is also recovering from a left-arm injury that ruled him out of the South Africa series has also landed in NCA to train.
Also in attendance was Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson, who was retained by the franchise for Rs 14 crore. Check pictures:
Currently, as per BCCI’s policy, each and every player has to mandatorily appear for fitness tests at the NCA before being awarded ‘fit to play’ certificates. The selection committee is informed about their availability only after this exercise.
With Virat Kohli now having relinquished captaincy even from the Test format, there is greater need for Rohit to remain injury-free in the current set-up.
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It has been an open secret in recent years that apart from being one of the best performers across formats, Rohit has been a few notches above his peers in terms of acceptance of one and all in this team.
Having learned the ropes of captaincy handling Mumbai Indians in the IPL, Rohit’s man-management is seen closer to MS Dhoni’s style.
While KL Rahul, because of his age, is being considered a long term all-format leader, something which might also have the backing of head coach Rahul Dravid, what will go in Rohit’s favour, despite the fitness and age concern, is his excellent form across formats
“Rohit Sharma should be the bridge before BCCI is confident about the next young India captain that they want the team to lead for at least five years.
“This ICC World Test Championship cycle should be about giving it to an experienced hand rather than someone, whose leadership credentials aren’t proven enough,” a senior BCCI official said.
