Injured Rohit ruled out of final ODI against Bangladesh

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma who injured his thumb in the second ODI has been ruled out of the final ODI against Bangladesh and will fly to Mumbai to consult an expert ahead of the Test series head coach Rahul Dravid said on WednesdayThe skipper copped an injury to his finger in the second over of Bangladeshs batting innings while attempting a catch The ball hit his thumb and he was seen bleeding as he walked off He didnt come out to open the innings as well with Virat Kohli replacing him as Shikhar Dhawans partner at the topThe BCCI later confirmed that the skipper had gone for scans after the medical team assessed himHowever with India in dire straits in the run chase the 35yearold walked out to bat at No9 slamming an unbeaten 51 off just 28 balls to take India to the brink off a win He hit a six with 12 runs needed off two balls but could only manage a single off the final ball as Bangladesh wrapped up a series victory with the fiverun winRohits departure to India for medical consultation has put in doubt his participation in the two Test matchesRohit will certainly miss the next game fly back to Bombay consult with an expert and see how it is and whether he can come back for the Test matches or not Im not sure Its too soon to say that hell be fit for the Tests or not Dravid said in the postmatch press conferenceDravid also praised Rohit for showing courage and coming out to bat despite having injuryI think for him to show that level of courage he had a serious dislocation he had to go to hospital to get that set right stitches in his hand a couple of injections to go out and bat he saidCredit to him he was really determined to go out and have a go and take a chance and its amazing how close he got us with that innings it was an absolutely phenomenal innings by the skipper Great courage to be able to go out there and give us a chance Unfortunately in the end we couldnt get over the line he addedMeanwhile Deepak Chahar who only bowled three overs in the second ODI in Dhaka was also ruled out of the final ODI as was Kuldeep Sen who missed the match on WednesdayAll three of them wont play the next game for sure Dravid saidDespite backtoback series defeats the head coach brushed aside concerns surrounding Indias form in ODI cricket and hoped to have a fullstrength side in the upcoming seriesIts a really exciting format As you saw in these games its a terrific format to play When theres a lot of cricket you have to prioritise certain formats For the last couple of years weve certainly prioritized the T20 format with two World Cups so a lot of our boys havent played a lot of oneday cricket Over the next 89 months we will be prioritizing oneday cricket a lot and hopefully we will get our full squad to be able to play from the home series in January he saidIts not easy juggling between the three formats but thats the way it is thats the way we plan We knew that wed not be able to play our full squads either in NZ or here because of how tight they were and close they were especially after coming back from a really hectic 34 months of cricketBut hopefully now the whiteball boys will get a little bit of a break while the Test players play the Test matches and were hoping that once we get to India we have nine matches in India before the IPL so god willing we dont have too many injuries and we can play a settled squad in those nine games he addedTalking about the positives Dravid highlighted the performance of Washington Sundar Shreyas Umran Malik and othersAlso readNot thinking too far ahead Rohit sharmaAgain he Washington is someone who has had a lot of injuries last year Its really nice to see the way hes coming back hes bowled well in both the games and he batted well in New Zealand as well Here because we wanted to lengthen our batting a little bit and keep that leftright combination going we promoted Washington We think that hes a very capable batsman and he can bat really well he saidI think even in this series just to see the way Umran came in and bowled today was pleasing Unfortunately for Kuldeep he played one game and got injured Hes someone really exciting Theres some good positives in spite of losing the series two close games in 20 we had our opportunities but theres some positives we can take from this series as wellRahuls batting in the last game Shreyas batting in this game some of the bowling I thought Siraj was exceptional in the last game Shardul has bowled particularly well in both the games and Washington as well Axars batting today So there have been bits and pieces there we can take heart from Of course were disappointed with the result but there are some positives as we build into the next World Cup and there are a lot of matches to go So nothing to be disheartened about things to learn from and hopefully move forward he concludedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness 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