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This photo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is from T20 World Cup 2024. Both of them retired from T20 after this World Cup win.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not going to take a hurry about the ODI career of cricket star Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. India’s ODI series against Bangladesh in August has been canceled.
Now the team will have the next ODI matches in the Australia series to be held from October 19 to 25. The big reason for the discussion is that by 2027 ODI World Cup, Kohli will be 39 and Rohit will be 40 years old.
According to BCCI sources,
If Rohit and Kohli have anything in their mind, they will tell BCCI, like they did before the England Test tour. The focus is currently on the T20 World Cup to be held in February and before that. The next big goal is to land the best team in the Asia Cup T20.
In March 2025, India won the Champions Trophy for the second time. The team captain was Rohit Sharma.
Last played together in Champions Trophy The last time in ODIs, Virat and Rohit played the Champions Trophy in Dubai, where Kohli scored a century against Pakistan and Rohit scored a half -century in the final. Both have not played any match since IPL.
Kohli recently shared a photo of the indoor net session in London, where he was seen with the IPL team Gujarat Titans Assistant Coach Naeem Amin. At the same time, Rohit was currently on the England tour when he came to watch the India-England match at The Oval. Rohit is preparing to return to Mumbai and start training.
Board rejected media reports Some media reports claimed that the BCCI could give both the farewell matches in Sydney (25 October), but the board sources rejected it. The source further stated that there will be three List-A matches of India-A and South Africa-A between Australia and South Africa series (13, 16, 19 November, Rajkot), in which both can also be discussed.
Kohli-Rohit Vijay Hazare can play Kohli-Rohit will be seen playing in three ODIs against Vijay Hazare Trophy starting in December and three ODIs against New Zealand in January 2026.
Virat-Rohit has retired from T20 and Test cricket Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have retired from International T20 and Test cricket. Rohit retired from Test cricket on 7 May and Virat Kohli on 12 May. Earlier, he said goodbye to T20 International cricket only after winning the T20 World Cup on 29 June 2024.