Former South Africa National Cricket Team batsman Derryl Kulinen has sent a blunt message to the batting legends of the India National Cricket Team Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli on their ODI.
Derryl Kalinan said that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma need to play a high amount of cricket to prolong their ODI career, as greatness does not guarantee a place in the Indian team.
They will have to be on the basis of international cricket – Virat Kohli and Deril Kalinan on Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli and Rohit are inadvertently two times great, and the pair have shown amazing performance in all three forms of the game.
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He announced his T20i retirement after winning the ICC men’s T20 World Cup 2024 and said goodbye to test cricket in May 2025. Currently, they are active in ODI cricket only internationally.
Kohli and Rohit are most likely that they are expanding their career as single-form players and feature the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2027. However, Derryl Kalinan said that Indian batsmen would need to play a lot of competitive cricket to stay fit for ODI cricket.
“Okay, I think they can play, from the point of view of an ability and experience, I don’t think there is any doubt, but they will have to be on the basis of international cricket.
“If I was the coach or convenor of the selectors, because no matter how good you are, thinking that you can just play some games or choose some games, not put in hours and then step and think that you are going to perform, no, no, it doesn’t work in that way,” he told Hindustan Times.
I am not saying that they need to stay on the circuit all the time – Deril Kalinan
Kalinan further clarified that he was not asking Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to be “on circuit”, but highlighted the importance of playing “a serious amount of cricket” to give himself a shot in playing 2027 World Cup.
“So this is a bit of a catch -22, I am not saying that they need to stay on the circuit all the time, but they need to play a serious amount of cricket, especially going to the World Cup, so they are in the right physical, mental frame, the grind of international cricket, being fit, then I will say anything that I do not work, because it is not a certainly, because it is not a certainty.
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He said, “He needs to play quality cricket for the next two years! More cricket than less cricket,” he said.
In India’s International Cricket Calendar, very few ODIs are scheduled by 2027, and it makes things difficult for experienced batsmen.
Yes, Gill for Captain, even if Rohit is playing – Derill elite
Derryl Kulinen further handed over the captaincy of India’s ODI from the Control Board (BCCI) for cricket in India to Shubman Gill and fully played Rohit Sharma as a batsman.
“Yes, Gill for Gilin, even if Rohit is playing, despite this,” said Kulinen.
In particular, some reports have claimed that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli may end their ODI career after the upcoming three -match series in Australia.
