India captain Rohit Sharma wants to train with Mumbai Ranji team

After suffering a Test series loss against Australia Team India captain Rohit Sharma has shown interest in training with the Mumbai Ranji team He is expected to show up for the net session at the MCABKS groundRohit Sharma featuring in the BorderGavaskar Trophy was only able to garner 31 runs before opting himself out from the final and fifth Test matchHe was also part of a meeting that was held on Sunday to review the teams performance along with head coach Gautam Gambhir and BCCIs new secretary Devajit SaikiaRohit has expressed his interest in training with the Mumbai Ranji team He has approached the head coach Omkar Salavi and made enquiries about when they are going to train for the next Ranji match which is still 10 days away a Mumbai Cricket Association MCA official told PTI on conditions of anonymityRohit Sharma is scheduled to make his appearance at a promotional event around noon On January 23 Mumbai will kick start their Ranji Trophy campaign against Jammu and Kashmir at the MCABKS groundAlso ReadlsquoThere are challenges in BCCI but new secy Saikia is capable of handling them Rajiv ShuklaIt will be interesting to see if Rohit Sharma features in Mumbais match but as of now he is only expected to show up for the practice sessionThe MCA source said that Rohit who last played for Mumbai way back in 2015 against Uttar Pradesh was yet to confirm his availability for the match There is also some time left before the Mumbai selectors convene to pick the squad for the next few matchesA series of poor scores including 3 9 10 3 and 6 for an average of 1093 in Australia saw him opt out of the last Test at the SCG However on the second day of that match in Sydney the senior batter firmly dismissed rumours of an impending retirement during an interaction with the official broadcaster saying he was not going anywhere and cited his poor form as the reason for standing down from the TestRohit Sharma handed over the leadership duties to Jasprit Bumrah sparking widespread speculations about his future I have not retired I stood down that is what I would say Basically the chat that I had with the coach and the selector was very simple I am not able to score runs there is no form it is an important match and we need a player with form Rohit had saidAs it is in our batting the form of the boys is not that good So you cannot carry a lot of out of form players in the team This simple thing was going on in my mind I am not going anywhere he had added The 37yearold had said the team management and selectors backed his decision India lost the fivematch series in Australia 13 after their memorable win in the opener at Perth During the series head coach Gautam Gambhir had spoken about the need for senior players to show up in Ranji games if they were truly committed to redball cricket The BCCI brass has also been vocal in insisting that stars should not opt out of domestic marquee events if the international schedule allows them a window to turn upWith PTI Inputs