MCG Test: Rohit keeps batting order in wraps
The Statesman|December 25, 2024
India skipper maintains pall of secrecy on playing order
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MCG Test: Rohit keeps batting order in wraps

Two days ahead of the Boxing Day Test, Rohit Sharma insisted he was "fine" after a nasty knock to his knee while batting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground nets on Sunday even as he preferred to keep discussions regarding India's batting order to the confines of the dressing room.

After missing the opening Test in Perth due to the birth of his second child, Rohit turned up as a middle order batter in the second and third Tests but has failed to pass 10. With increasing calls for his return to the top of the order, Rohit, however, allowed the mystery to continue in the lead-up to the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting Thursday.

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