India vs Australia: Is Rohit Sharma ruled out? Virat Kohli drops massive hint

India vs Australia: The confusion around Rohit Sharma’s injury and his availability for the Australia tour, will go down as one of the most bizarre incidents in the history of BCCI. The board has failed to provide clarity around the star batsman and it is likely that he may end up missing out the entire tour. India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday didn't hide his displeasure at the Rohit Sharma injury saga stating that "confusion and lack of clarity" has led to the team management playing a "waiting game" on his availability which is not ideal. 

Answering media queries online ahead of the ODI series against Australia starting on Friday, Kohli said Rohit was said to be unavailable before the selection committee meeting earlier this month. Injured during the IPL, Rohit was left out of the limited overs’ side but was expected to join the team in Australia for the Test series.  

However, Kohli dropped a massive hint that Sharma might end up missing the entire tour. Kohli said that Rohit's next assessment at the NCA will happen on December 11 and right now it's a waiting game for the team sitting in Australia. 

"The only other information we got is that he is in NCA and he is being assessed and he will again be assessed on 11th December. It's not ideal at all. It's been very confusing and a lot of uncertainty and lack of clarity around the situation," the skipper's irritation was palpable. 

Even if Rohit is declared fit on December 11 and is flown to Australia the very next day, he will have to serve a 14-day quarantine period, which will end on December 26. By that time, India would already be playing the second Test of the series. This may leave little chance for Rohit to have an impact on the series or he may officially be ruled out of the series.  

Interestingly, Rohit had played in the IPL within days of being left out of the Australia tour before being subsequently added to the Test squad. 

"After that (the selection meeting) he played in the IPL and we all thought he would be on that flight to Australia and we had no information on why he is not travelling with us. There has been no information, there has been lack of clarity," Kohli said.