Indian skipper Rohit Sharma had an injury scare on the eve of World Test Championship (WTC) final against Pat Cummins-led Australia. Rohit was among the few Indian players who turned up for the optional practice session on June 6. During the practice session, he was hit on the left thumb and was later seen with a bandage.
However, Rohit did not stop practicing and batted with the bandage on. Eventually, he did stop practicising and took the bandage off.
The opener has had a decent record on England soil in red-ball cricket. He has scored 466 runs from 12 innings at an average of 42.36 including one century and two half-centuries. His absence from the rescheduled Test last year had an impact on India’s batting lineup as they lost against the Ben Stokes-led side and missed a chance to win the Test series.
Ahead of the much-awaited clash, Rohit was asked about his goal as captain in the press conference.
"Whether it's me or someone else, even the guys before, their role was to take Indian cricket forward and win as many games, as many championships as possible. For me also, it will be the same. I want to win games, I want to win championships. That is what you play for," the 36-year-old told the reporters.
"And yeah, it will be nice to win some titles, win some extraordinary series.
But yeah, like having said that, I genuinely feel that we don't want to put too much pressure on ourselves by over-thinking about these kind of stuff.
"As a captain, like I said, every captain wants to win championships, So I'll be no different. I also want to win championship. And that's what the sport is all about, winning championship. So for me, it will be nice if I can win one or two championships, as in when I decide to move on from this job."
Rohit was also asked the obvious question about the team combination but he kept the cards close to his chest.
"I've not said that Ashwin is not going to play. We'll wait until tomorrow - because one thing I have seen here - the pitch actually changes quite a bit day to day," he said when asked if it will be difficult to leave out Ashwin.
"Today it's looking the way it is. Tomorrow it might be slightly different, who knows. So the message to the boys has been very clear, all 15 must be ready to play at any point in time," he said.
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