"Before the lockdown happened, I was almost ready to play." - Rohit Sharma

Rohit said, "Once everything opens up, I have to first go to the centre (NCA) and give my fitness test."

"Before the lockdown happened, I was almost ready to play." - Rohit Sharma

India's Cricket vice captain Rohit Sharma said that he is now fully recovered  as was suffering from calf injury for which he has to leave the tounament in New Zealand in midway. But now he is totally fit to give fitness test but the lockdown due to Covid-19 is making it delayed to go for the test. Sustaining the injury the Mumbaikar has to return back to home during T20 series on 2nd February against the Black Caps.

He had missed ODI's three match aginst South Africa, which were abandoned for the Corona Virus pandemic, as at that time he was going through rehabilitation.

"Before the lockdown happened, I was almost ready to play. That whole week was going to be my fitness test but that's when the lockdown happened and I had to push back everything now," Rohit told to LaLiga's live session of Facebook on Saturday night. 

"Once everything opens up, I have to first go to the centre (NCA) and give my fitness test and once I pass the fitness test, I will be allowed to go and resume my duties with the team." 

"When you are playing together, almost from 365 days, we are together for 300 days, we are playing, travelling together, so it's like a family. So the first thing I want to do is to catch up with all these guys and try hit some balls as soon as I can." 

He said he is now missing all of his team mates and he wants to go back to training with them all when it comes normal.

"Yes, I miss my teammates, hanging around with them and having a banter with them. Although as friends we are trying to stay in touch through the video calls to see what's one been up to, things like that and we manage that pretty well," Rohit Sharma said. 

"I am assuming that those (other) places might open up lot earlier than Mumbai, the city where I stay and which is the most infected. I feel the other guys will send me videos of catching up with each other a lot earlier than I do," he said. 

Mumbai is the most affected city in India in this contagious disease and for going into training is much awaited as no one knows when it will become normal.

Rohit Sharma said, "I have been very good with my diet, because it is so easy to put on weight when you are not doing anything. Although, we have got a little gym over here, little running area, where you can do some running, its about 50-100 meters, you can go (and run). I have managed to get some running done, although it's not like what you generally do on the field, but it is at least something."

 

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