‘Strange how he gets injured before overseas Tests’ – Twitter reacts as Rohit Sharma gets ruled out of South Africa Tests

Veteran Indian opener Rohit Sharma will miss the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa due to a hamstring injury. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the major development on Monday (December 13) and named uncapped batter Priyank Panchal as his replacement. Notably, Rohit has joined the long list of Indian players unavailable due to injuries.

Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, and Axar Patel are the other Test regulars, who’ll give this series a miss due to fitness issues. As Rohit has been a vital part of the Test team lately, his absence is expected to cost India big time. After all, the tracks in the rainbow nation are known to favour fast bowlers and in the Proteas side has some world-class pacers in Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.

Rohit Sharma to miss yet another overseas Test series

For the unversed, the 34-year-old sustained the hamstring injury during a practice session in Mumbai. He will now be out of action for three weeks to recuperate from his injury. With Rohit being one of the finest openers going around, speedy-recovery messages poured in for him as soon as BCCI revealed the major news.

However, a section of netizens trolled the veteran batter, highlighting his knack of sustaining injuries ahead of overseas Test series. Notably, Rohit had missed some important overseas Test series in his career due to injuries. As tackling the red cherry in foreign conditions is challenging for openers, netizens have been joking about his knack of developing ways to get injured ahead of important tours.

Meanwhile, the Test series is set to get underway on December 26 with the Boxing-Day Test taking place at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. Having dominated Australia and England earlier this year, Virat Kohli’s men would be confident ahead of this series. However, the long list of injured players might out them in a spot of bother.

India’s squad for Test series against South Africa: Virat Kohli (Captain), Priyank Panchal, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Mohmmed Siraj

Meanwhile, let’s look at how Twitterati reacted to Rohit Sharma’s injury:

Couple of days ago we saw Rohit Sharma practicing in nets! And when did the injury happen?? Seriously dude unbelievable

— Asha (@ashaa_45) December 13, 2021

Has anyone seen Doctor’s report on #RohitSharma hamstring injury…has he got MRI done… if thr is a Hamstring Tear…if Yes…What is the Grade…if it is a Pull how have you accessed it…???

— Samip Rajguru (@samiprajguru) December 14, 2021

Good trick of rohit sharma to avoid overseas series 😂😂.

— Pranav Baradkar 👨‍💻 (😷) (@BaradkarPranav) December 13, 2021

Rohit getting injured is predictable before every overseas tour

— Dev (@Mohali_Monster) December 14, 2021

Eating vadapav only matters for Rohit before overseas tour

— Sagar Yeole (@Sagaryeo9162927) December 14, 2021

Why rohit is injured before every tough overseas tour ??????

— Sumanta Mandal (@Sumanta94348693) December 14, 2021

What a Trick by RohitSharma to avoid overseas tour😂

Injured in 2014 ENG test series
Injured in NZ test series
Injured before AUS test series, 2020
Injured before SA test series, 2021
Rohit Sharma becomes the first ever cricketer to get injured before every SENA test series😂😂

— Shubhankar Dable (@ShubhnkrDable) December 14, 2021

I just told him the fact that Rohit gets injured before every major overseas test tour, I told him that as a cricket fan. He’s too a cricket fan like me. Doesn’t matter if he’s a Pakistani or some other nationality holder.

— GOAT 🐐 (@_chasemaster18) December 13, 2021

Rohit Sharma before overseas tour.🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/jT6fT1on5q

— Zaheer Hussain🇵🇰 (@_ZaheerHussain) December 13, 2021

Strange why and how always Rohit gets injured just before the overseas test tour!😅

— M Khosla (@khoslamohit) December 13, 2021

Don't you think why does Rohit Sharma often gets injuries just before overseas tour of test match????

— Rupesh Kumar (@rupesh1322) December 13, 2021

Rohit Sharma before overseas tour pic.twitter.com/pwXjf3pyaI

— DK (@ekAgyaani) December 13, 2021

Reality is that Rohit gets injured before every major overseas test tour, and you aren’t willing to accept it.

— GOAT 🐐 (@_chasemaster18) December 13, 2021

Rohit before every overseas tour pic.twitter.com/9Kgp0y8xS6

— Vaibhav Garg (@cricvaibhav23) December 13, 2021