ECB contacted Indian veteran cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to act in the Royal London One-Day Cup in 2025; However, both batsmen, who are not known for their domestic white ball cricket, rejected participation in the competition.
The international career of Indian stars Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are immense speculation on the international career, as they have declared their retirement with the longest format of the game.
Although no ODI series is set soon and BCCI has no immediate plan for two global superstars, their alleged retirement rumors have taken the internet from the storm.
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According to Indian media reports, BCCI 2027 wants to move beyond two stalls, keeping in mind the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Returning to India delayed the adjournment of the White-Ball Tour against Bangladesh, while it will now be marked in the series against Australia in October.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma rejected ECB’s request for one day participation
The report, in which Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s snub was suggested by ODI, also cited another section for two veterans to be match-fit to participate in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and to be eligible for selection.
However, both giants have often not been seen in domestic cricket in any format of the game, although the last season he was also ordered to retain his red ball in the Ranji Trophy.
However, according to the latest reports by Rohit Juglan, two veterans were contacted by the ECB to act for the upcoming season in 2025 in the Royal London One-Day Cup., However, he denied any such participation,
rohit and Virat invited to play Royal London Cup
“Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli invited the organizers to play at the Royal London One-Day Cup 2025, but both refused to play.” pic.twitter.com/RP91bodt66
– ((@rushiii_12) August 11, 2025
Clouds of uncertainty are strong on the pair in the Indian team
Although the Internet has gone mad and is waiting for any formal decision on the future of two-star cricketers, it seems that the BCCI is now focused in India next year only on the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 and ICC T20 World Cup 2026.
However, sources of BCCI for Indian media channels have shown that they were waiting for a decision from two veterans, as they had done before the test series against England.
It seems that the board has its own focus on young players and T20I format, as the ODI tournament has about 2 years left, while the smallest format tournaments are to be played within the next year.,
Shubman Gill is quoted as Rohit Sharma’s successor in Odis
Indian Test captain, Shubman Gill, India vs England is supported by many great people after his immense success in the Test series. His captaincy has received huge applause, and he has developed into a batsman after further responsibility.
However, two -time ICC title winner Indian captain Rohit Sharma is still quoted as one of the greatest white ball captains, who have not shown any signs of a dip with a match winning innings in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final.
Despite all, Rohit, now 38, 2027 will be 40 years old during the ICC Cricket World Cup, and there is a possibility that Virat Kohli will turn 39, resulting in the batsman’s retention plan as a skipper, with plans. Gill may be the captain of India in 2027, and he should be given a proper opportunity to lead the team before the actual challenge begins.
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