Indian legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have delayed several examples in the possible return. Now, the comments of a senior journalist have also taken the Internet with suspicion of their potential retirement from ODI.
Two legends of India have retired from two other formats of international cricket. He declared his retirement together with T20Is after winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and then declared his retirement from Test cricket on occasions.
Their return for the Indian team was first blocked when India canceled its white-ball tour in Bangladesh, as both legends had to feature in 3 ODI matches. However, now India has no series till October, which creates a difference of 6 months for both great people.
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He was last seen in India’s colors in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, which was won by India. Both were also part of RCB and Mumbai Indians in the IPL, which was their last on-field attendance.
Senior journalists consider the potential retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
After a lot of speculation and repeated uncertainty in Indian cricket in the future of Veerat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, a senior journalist of Abhishek Tripathi, a senior journalist of Abhishek Tripathi shared his opinion on the fate of two Indian giants.
Speaking on Ray Sports Cricket, when the host asked the senior journalist if we had already seen the last ODI of two mythological Indian batsmen, they strongly replied that it would be very early to make any statement, but with the fixed course of things, a possible retirement could be predicted.
To quote Mr. Tripathi, he said, “No such discussions have been held, because Indian selectors do not have any ODI series, so there is no need to choose a team. Without discussion, we will not be able to guess any possibility.”
BCCI allegedly denied the SLC’s white-ball series proposal
The Control Board for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced earlier this month that it has decided to postpone the upcoming White-Ball series between the two countries in August, jointly with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
The growing political stresses between the two countries and the BCCI resulted in the involvement of the Asian Cricket Council’s annual general meeting, which is to be held in Dhaka, the board will not agree to put their players’ lives by sending them on a tour of neighboring country.
After postponing the Bangladesh series for more than a year, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board, which recently concluded a long series with Bangladesh, proposed to host a uniform tour for India in the same window.
However, some reports have suggested that the BCCI is likely to reject the proposal, citing further delays of Indian legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
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India is going to play the next white-ball series against Australia in October
After the Scheduled Bangladesh series adjournment and a white ball attack for Sri Lanka, India will get to play an ODI series next time they visit Australia for the 3-Match ODI and 5-Match T20I series in October.
Rohit and Virat Kohli, who have not played a single match for India from February, will then mark the return to international cricket after an extended difference of 6 months. For two senior batsmen at this age, lack of regularity in cricket can be problematic due to sports.
Batting legend Virat Kohli in Odis is near the second highest run milestone in ODI cricket, as he is currently third. Virat Kohli is also the most year -old recipient in world cricket.
