Rohit Sharma confirms availability for Mumbai's next Ranji game

Team India captain Rohit Sharma confirmed his availability for Mumbais Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir He also opened up about the need to take time off from a busy calendar amid the noise of star players participation in domestic cricketRohit Sharma also said that no player takes the premier domestic tournament for grantedMumbai is set to play their Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir at the MCABKC ground on January 23Asked about his availability for the game during a press conference at the BCCI headquarters here Rohit Sharma responded in the positiveDays after the BCCI conducted a review meeting to assess the debacle Down Under the Board has come out with 10 guidelines for Indias centrallycontracted players including making participation in domestic tournaments mandatory for selection in the national teamThe focus since then has been on the likes of Rohit and his longtime India teammate Virat KohliAlso ReadChampions Trophy 2025 Ajit Agarkar Rohit Sharma announce Indian squad at Wankhede StadiumThe India skipper said Last 67 years if you go back and look at our calendar there hasnt been a time where we were sitting at home for 45 days and there is domestic cricket going on You do get that time when you finish IPL and if theres nothing happening in domestic cricket right after that Rohit saidBut if you see our domestic season it starts in October maybe September and it gets over by FebruaryMarch and that is the time India plays a lot of cricket as well So guys who are not playing certain formats and have time and then there is domestic cricket happening then they will playBut in the last 67 years I can at least tell about what has happened with me since Ive started playing Test cricket regularly which is from 2019 you hardly have any time in hand and then when you play so much international cricket through the year you need some time off as well as a cricketer just to refresh get your mind right just to be ready for the upcoming seasonThe 37yearold who endured a horror run with the bat in the national teams tour of Australia recently trained with the Mumbai squad at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday ahead of the second phase of the Ranji TrophyRohit Sharma last represented Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in November 2015 against Uttar PradeshHe added We have addressed it now and nobody takes it domestic redball cricket for granted or anything like that It is just ben based on looking at how one has gone through the season how much rest he needs he saidBased on all of that we decide what is going to happen with certain players Now its been made mandatory that if there is time you have to play domestic cricketThe past few weeks have been tumultuous for RohitHe managed just 31 runs across three Tests during his time Down Under and was forced to drop himself from the seriesdeciding fifth and final Test in Sydney due to his poor formRohit handed over the leadership duties to Jasprit Bumrah in that game sparking widespread speculations about his future However in an interview to the host broadcaster of the series Rohit asserted that he was not going anywhereWith PTI Inputs