Ahead of the Test series against Australia, Team India have received a pleasant news as veteran opener Rohit Sharma has been declared fit by the physios at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore.

Rohit was undergoing rehabilitation at the NCA following his hamstring during the Indian Premier League.

He was at the NCA since November 19 and was set to undergo a fitness test on Friday (December 11).

"He has passed the fitness test and the future course of action will be decided by the BCCI and the selection committee," sources in the know of developments told ANI.

After axing him from the entire tour Down Under initially, the BCCI had informed of the decision to add Rohit to the squad for the Test series.

"The BCCI Medical Team has been monitoring Rohit Sharma's fitness and has briefed All-India Senior Selection Committee on the same. In consultation with Sharma, it has been decided to rest him for the ODIs and T20Is in Australia to regain full fitness and he has been included in India's Test squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy," the BCCI said in a media release on November 9.

While the Indian players who were part of the IPL final on November 10 moved into the bubble for the national team that very night in Dubai, Rohit had flown back to India and later headed to the NCA to complete his rehabilitation.

Commenting on Rohit’s injury status, India skipper Virat Kohli last month said that there is a lack of transparency and communication over it.

"Well, before we had the selection meeting in Dubai, we got a mail two days before which said that Rohit is unavailable for selection because of the injury he picked up during the IPL. It mentioned a two-week rest and rehab period, and it said that the pros and cons of the injury were explained to Rohit and he understood that.

"It was the information we got by mail but after that, he played in the IPL. We all thought that he would be on the flight to Australia which he wasn't and we had no information whatsoever on the reason behind him not flying to Australia," Kohli had said on the eve of the first ODI series against Australia.

"After that, the only information we have received on mail is that he is at NCA and he will be further assessed on December 11. So from the time the selection meeting happened and the IPL ended and now when this mail came about his assessment, there has been lack of clarity, we have been playing the waiting game on this issue and this is not ideal at all," he added.

(With ANI inputs)