Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has raised a question concerning the date of Rohit Sharma's fitness test conducted at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore earlier this week. Rohit, who sustained a hamstring injury during the Indian Premier League-13, cleared the test, which enabled him to be part of the Test series in Australia from the January 7-11 , 2021 third Test at Sydney.

"Not having two crucial players [Virat Kohli is not available after the opening Test at Adelaide Test] is a huge blow to the visitors. Sharma has now been declared fit which means he will be available for the last two Test matches. Why his fitness test wasn't done a couple of days earlier is something we don't know but if that had happened then he could well have been available for the second Test match too.