Rohit Sharma has enjoyed and reveled in his new role as a Test opener but is ready to be flexible about his batting position in the eagerly-anticipated Test series against Australia as per the demands of the team management.
The senior batsman is expected to play a big role alongside Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara when skipper Virat Kohli returns to India after the opening Test for the birth of his first child.
“I will tell you the same thing that I have told everyone all this while.I will be happy to bat wherever the team wants me to but I don’t know if they would change my role as an opener,” Rohit told PTI in an exclusive interview.
He believes that the team management will have figured out his role in the batting order by the time he would reach Australia after completing the strength and conditioning work at a National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.He had picked up a minor hamstring injury during the IPL.
“I am sure the guys already in Australia must have figured out what are options when Virat leaves and who are the guys who will open the innings,” Rohit said.
