New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- For the first time since the Indian Premier League ended in June and his Test retirement, Rohit Sharma will appear at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru for a pre-season fitness test on Saturday. Earlier, Rohit has retired from T2I0s, thus only making him available in the 50-over format with the 2027 ODI World Cup being the bigger picture.

Based on an Indian Express report, Rohit will undertake a Yo-Yo Test followed by a Dexa Scan which is used to measure bone density along with blood tests. A Dexa Scan is a part of the list of scans done during pre-season. Along with Rohit, Test captain Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammad Siraj and Shardul Thakur will also bee...