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Xtra Time Web Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) (read President Sourav Ganguly) has reportedly organized a video conference call with Rohit Sharma along with Indian captain Virat Kohli and Head Coach Ravi Shastri to clear the confusion surrounding Rohit’s injury. The conference call was organized ahead of the start of the ODI series in Sydney.

Kohli had stated openly there was absolutely no communication or clarity over the situation regarding Rohit Sharma’s fitness for the tour of Australia. Rohit Sharma, who had played the IPL 2020 and given Mumbai Indians their fifth title, had missed some games due to a hamstring injury but when he was excluded from the touring party for Australia, he played the IPL and that raised plenty of criticism over the way the BCCI communicated with the IPL franchise and the player when it came to selection.

BCCI, it is learnt tried to sort things out by doing a conference call among the key personnel involved in the miscommunication of Rohit Sharma’s fitness. The key people in that meeting were Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri, members of the NCA monitoring Rohit Sharma’s fitness and chief selector Sunil Joshi.

It was decided that Rohit will undergo a fitness test at the NCA on December 11. Even if he is passed fit, there are some logistical issues for Rohit Sharma to get to Australia. There are no international flights until December 31. Rohit Sharma will have to serve out the mandatory 14-day quarantine unless Sourav Ganguly successfully manages to negotiate a reduced quarantine time for Rohit Sharma with Cricket Australia.

Rohit is still ruled out of the Tests in Adelaide and Melbourne.