India captain Rohit Sharma was absent from the squad for the primary One-Day International between India and Australia in Mumbai on Friday.
In his absence, Hardik Pandya is about to steer the aspect for the primary time in an ODI.
Rohit has taken a go away from the crew to attend his brother-in-law’s bridal ceremony. The BCCI, when asserting the squad, had confirmed that the Indian captain won’t play the primary match on account of household commitments.
He will return for the second and third matches of the collection which shall be performed in Visakhapatnam and Chennai, respectively.
The final time Rohit missed an ODI for India was in December 2022 throughout India’s tour to Bangladesh. An damage had dominated him out of the third ODI.
Rohit additionally missed the ODIs throughout India’s tour to New Zealand earlier in 2022 when he had been rested. The collection was held proper after the T20 World Cup in Australia.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com