Mumbai: Rohit Sharma, who was ruled out of the Test series against England, confessed on Friday that he could be out for even three months if the doctors decide to operate on his injured thigh.
“I don’t know (how much time I will miss cricket) our BCCI medical team is in touch with doctors, the scans we have got till now have been sent to doctors, we are waiting for their opinion, whether to do surgery or not, if we do the surgery then how much time is needed,” Rohit told the press on Friday afternoon.
Rohit further added, “The picture is not fully clear. I think in one or two days the picture will be more clear, whether it (surgery) is happening or not. It is an important decision if we do surgery. If I do the surgery, I cannot play for 3 to 3 and half months. We are waiting for the doctors’ opinion, let’s see what happens.”
When reporters asked him about the nature of his injury, Rohit said, “Like you saw, while taking a run the muscle pulled up then I understood that I won’t make it to the crease, so I dived, after that our physio told me that it was necessary to take a scan.”
“The next two days was Diwali so all hospitals were closed, so we took the scan on (November) first and after that all the medical reports were given to BCCI medical team,” he further added.
The Indian batsman who played against New Zealand in the Test series went through a thigh injury on the right leg during the fifth and final ODI at Visakhapatnam on October 29.
The 29-year-old player holds the world record for highest score by any batsman in ODIs.
On the upcoming five-match Test series against England which is to start on November 9 in Rajkot, Rohit said, “They are a very good Test team. When they were here last time they had beaten us. We have got to do a lot of hard work. We understand their strengths and weaknesses, we have to exploit them to our advantage.”
Rohit Sharma has played in 21 Tests and made a total of 1,184 runs.