India head coach Ravi Shastri has attempted to clear the air on Rohit Sharma’s injury status saying that the top batsman’s medical report stated that “he could be in danger of injuring himself again” and so advised him not to rush his comeback.

Rohit, who is recovering from a left hamstring injury, was left out of the India squads for the tour of Australia on a day when he hit the nets for Mumbai Indians, sparking speculation on his fitness status.

“It’s being handled by the people in charge of the medical part of it. We don’t get involved in that. They have submitted a report to the selectors and they have gone about their business.

“I have no say, neither am I a part of the selection. All I know is the medical report which says he could be in danger of injuring himself again,” Shastri told a television news channel.

That the decision to not include Rohit in the Australia-bound squads was taken on the basis of the information provided by the medical team to the selectors was reported by The Telegraph in the October 28 edition of the newspaper.

Shastri advised Rohit not to make the same mistake he made during his playing days.

“I finished my career in 1991 when I went back to Australia when I shouldn’t have. If I had taken a break, I could’ve played five years longer for India.”