India vs South Africa: Rohit Sharma sustains blow in nets, ruled out of Test series, claims report – Firstcricket News, Firstpost

New Delhi: India’s Test vice-captain Rohit Sharma has suffered a hit on his hand during a net session in Mumbai and the BCCI has summoned India A captain Priyank Panchal as cover for him ahead of the tour of South Africa this month.

According to a report on Cricbuzz, the India vice-captain has been ruled out of the upcoming three-Test series against the Proteas, which starts 26 December at Centurion.

As of now, the extent of Rohit’s injury is not very clear after he sustained a hit while taking throw-downs from team’s specialist Raghavendra aka Raghu.

File image of India Test vice captain Rohit Sharma. AP

“There are some issues with his hand but the medical team is trying to sort it out,” a source close to the cricketer told PTI.

Meanwhile a BCCI official informed that Panchal, who scored 96 in the unofficial Test match against South Africa A, has been called as cover.

“Panchal has been asked to report at the Mumbai team hotel tonight. He is there as a cover for Rohit. Also because he recently played in South Africa and scored runs, he was asked to join,” the official informed.

With inputs from PTI