'Lack of clarity': Virat Kohli turns on India over 'confusing' call

India captain Virat Kohli has delivered a stunning broadside on his own country's cricket board, ahead of Friday's opening match of the one-day series against Australia.

Kohli claims he and the rest of the India squad were left in the dark about the "confusing" injury situation of vice-captain Rohit Sharma.

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The gun Indian batsman was ruled out of India's tour to Australia with a hamstring injury, but later recovered to lead the Mumbai Indians to a record fifth IPL title.

Rohit was initially ruled out of the entire Australia tour with the injury which kept him out of four Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in the United Arab Emirates.

The Indian board subsequently added him to the Test squad, while monitoring his recovery at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, having deemed him still unfit to travel with the rest of the team to Australia for the limited overs matches.

Kohli said he was kept in the dark about his deputy's hamstring injury and believes the opener should have travelled to Australia to boost his chances of playing the Test series against Tim Paine's men.

"It's been very confusing and there's been a lot of uncertainty ... around the situation," Kohli said ahead of Friday's ODI opener in Sydney.

"After that (injury), he played in the IPL, so we all thought that he was going to be on that flight to Australia, which he wasn't.

"So from the time that the selection meeting happened ... there's been no information, there's been a lack of clarity. And we've been playing the waiting game on this issue for a while now, which is not ideal at all."

The BCCI said later on Thursday that Rohit returned to Mumbai after the IPL to visit his ailing father before heading to the Academy.

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Rohit will be reassessed on December 11 before the board takes a call on his participation in the four-test series which begins in Adelaide on December 17.

However, fast bowler Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the tour despite recovering from his side strain.

Meanwhile, fast bowler T Natarajan has been added to the ODI squad as backup after Navdeep Saini complained of back spasms.

Kohli was also unhappy with the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to change rules to determine the finalists for next year's World Test Championship (WTC).

Considering the matches that could not be played because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICC has decided to rank teams based on the percentage of points won, instead of accumulated points, from completed matches.

"It's definitely surprising," said Kohli, whose team led the points table but have now slipped to second place, behind Australia, who have a higher percentage of points.

"It's happened out of nowhere and I think further questions about this should be asked to the ICC and understand why this has been done."

with AAP

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