'Is the IPL more important to him than playing for India?' - Dilip Vengsarkar baffled by Rohit Sharma's return to action in IPL 2020

Rohit Sharma’s decision to return to action on Tuesday for Mumbai Indians’ final league clash of IPL 2020 has caused quite a storm in the Indian cricket fraternity. Just around a week ago, he was not named in any of India’s squads for Australia tour because of the hamstring injury with the BCCI giving an impression that the injury was serious.

However, Rohit proved the cricket board wrong by returning to action on Tuesday. He went on to play the entire game without having any sorts of trouble and also stated that his hamstring is ‘absolutely fine,’ while speaking at the post-match presentation ceremony. Rohit was side-lined since October 18 after suffering the injury during the clash against Kings XI Punjab.

‘It’s intriguing’ – says Vengsarkar

Rohit Sharma’s return to action was met with different types of reactions on the social media. The surprised cricketing fraternity called for more clarity on the matter while a section of the fans also slammed BCCI for their decision to omit the batsman from the squads for the upcoming tour. Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar has now joined the discussion too.

Calling Rohit the most accomplished batsman of Team India, the former chief selector called the matter as intriguing. Vengsarkar also expressed his surprise over the batsman’s return to action, just a few days after being declared unfit for the Australia tour.

“It’s intriguing that Rohit Sharma, the most accomplished batsman of Team India, who was only a few days ago declared unfit to tour Australia by the Indian team’s physio (Nitin Patel) and hence not selected for the trip, is playing and leading MI in the IPL,” Vengsarkar was quoted as saying by the Times of India.

Vengsarkar further made it clear that he was not at all impressed with the recent turn of events. The batting legend asked if the T20 league is more important to Rohit Sharma than national duty. He also urged the BCCI to take action on the matter.

“Now, the question here is, is the IPL more important to him than playing for India? Is the club more important than playing for the nation for him? Will the BCCI take a call on this? Or is it that the BCCI physio faltered in diagnosing Rohit’s injury correctly,” he said.