KL Rahul who led India in the 5th T20I against New Zealand on Sunday after Rohit Sharma suffered a calf injury, said the India vice-captain's injury was unfortunate and expressed hope on his recovery in a couple of days.
“Rohit’s alright, unfortunate injury, hopefully he should be fine in a couple of days," Rahul said at the post-match presentation.
Meanwhile, an official update from the BCCI read, “Rohit Sharma is being assessed at the moment."
Rohit, who batted at number 3 and scored 60 runs off 41 balls including three fours as well as three sixes, was retired hurt after injuring his left calf whilst hitting a six.
Rohit's 60 and Rahul's 48 powered India to 163 for 3, batting first. Also, one cannot forget Shreyas Iyer's 33 off 31 after Rahul was dismissed.
On the other hand, New Zealand could only manage 156 for 9. Half-centuries from Ross Taylor (53) and Tim Seifert (50) went in vain as India pacers Jasprit Bumrah (3/12) and Navdeep Saini (3/23) crumbled the Kiwi batting line-up.
