Rohit Sharma emphasises on domestic cricket unless declared 'unfit'

Ahead of the fifth Test match in Dharamshala, Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma asked players to not just prioritise one format and play domestic cricket as well until declared "unfit" by the BCCI's medical team.  The Indian Cricket Board advised all contracted cricketers to give "precedence" to domestic cricket.

Ever since BCCI excluded Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the pool of centrally contracted cricketers after they ignored the board's diktat on Ranji Trophy, Rohit Sharma gave a bold statement regarding domestic cricket.

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Ahead of the final Test against England, Rohit made it clear that the move applies to all and not a few players. "There has been talk about this for a long, long time. When the players are available, they've got to make themselves available to play domestic cricket, unless they have been given a certificate from the medical group that they want to be rested or will not be taking part in domestic cricket, but if you are available, if you are fit, if you're fine, it is important that we go and play that," said Rohit.