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This photo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is from T20 World Cup 2024. Both retired from T20 after winning the World Cup.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not in a hurry about the ODI career of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma nor is it going to take any decision in this regard soon.
India’s ODI series against Bangladesh in August has been canceled. In such a situation, India will play their next ODI in the Australia series to be held from October 19 to 25.
Some media reports claimed that the BCCI could give a farewell match to both giants in Sydney (25 October), but it was rejected by board sources. According to news agency News-Patiala, a source of BCCI told him,
If Rohit and Kohli have anything in their mind, they will tell BCCI as 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 on England tour, where he went 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 Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s visit to Australia could be last. But the board sources refused any such thing. The source further stated that there will be three list-A matches (13, 16, 19 November, Rajkot) of India-A and South Africa-A between Australia and South Africa series, in which both can be discussed.
Kohli-Rohit can play in Vijay Hazare Trophy 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, after winning the T20 World Cup on 29 June 2024, both of them also said goodbye to T20 International cricket.
Kohli and Rohit scored 83 ODI centuries
Virat Kohli has scored 51 centuries in ODIs and 32 centuries. If both centuries are mixed, then this number reaches 83. However, by the 2027 ODI World Cup, Kohli will be 39 and Rohit will be 40 years old.
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