BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla has quashed rumors of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s retirement after the upcoming Australia tour. India are set to tour Australia for a three-match ODI and five-match T20I sequence, starting on October 19. Forward of the sequence, there have been widespread rumors concerning the upcoming ODI sequence being the final for veteran. batsmen Rohit and Virat.
Each Rohit and Kohli have already retired from T20Is and Checks and can now solely be enjoying the 50-over format. Nonetheless, stories of their retirement have been quashed by Rajiv Shukla, who’s mentioned that their presence will likely be useful for the workforce, throughout the sequence. He additionally talked about that it is upto the gamers once they need to retire and to say that the upcoming sequence will likely be their final is completely mistaken.
“That is very useful for us (Rohit and Virat being within the ODI squad). As a result of each of them are nice batsmen, and within the presence of each of them, I believe we will likely be profitable in defeating Australia. And so far as this being their final sequence is worried, it’s nothing like that. We must always by no means go into these items. It’s as much as the gamers once they would retire. To say this might be their final sequence is completely mistaken,” Shukla instructed ANI.
The Australia tour will likely be each Rohit and Kohli’s return to worldwide cricket after the duo introduced its retirement from Checks in Could. Forward of the sequence, the choice committee has additionally appointed Shubman Gill as the brand new captain of the ODI aspecttaking on from Rohit Sharma, who led the workforce to Champions Trophy victory in March 2025.
Nonetheless, with the subsequent ODI World Cup two years away, the choice committee selected transferring the management mantle to Gill to permit him sufficient time to arrange for the mega occasion.
In the meantime, forward of the sequence, each Rohit and Kohli have arrived in Delhi and will likely be flying to Australia together with the workforce throughout the wee hours of October 15. India and Australia play the primary ODI on October 19 in Perth.
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