After rohit sharma and Virat Kohli's sudden retirement from Test cricket, speculations intensified whether both the star players would be part of the world cup team in 2027 or not. Now cricket in india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>the board of control for cricket in india has given a statement on this and cleared the picture. bcci Vice President Rajiv Shukla has said that both the players are available for the world cup to be held in 2027.
Big statement on Rohit-Virat's future
Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Tests on May 7, 2025, in which he said that he would continue to play in the ODI format. virat kohli also recently said that he wants to play till the 2027 World Cup. The ODI career of these two giants, who have already retired from t20, is also being discussed a lot.
BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla, while talking to reporters in London, said that both Rohit and Virat are available to play ODIs. He said, "We all miss Rohit and Virat. But the decision to retire was their own."
This is BCCI's policy
Rajeev Shukla said, "BCCI's policy is that we never tell any player when to retire from which format. It completely depends on the player. The decision to retire from Tests was taken by both these players themselves."
The indian team is currently in England, where a 5-match Test series is being played. The third Test was held at Lord's, which india lost by 22 runs. After this, king Charles III welcomed the indian men's and women's cricket teams. bcci vice-president Rajiv Shukla was also present here.
Rohit-Virat's international career
36-year-old virat kohli has scored 14181 runs in 302 ODIs, which includes 51 centuries and 74 half-centuries. He is the batsman who has scored the most centuries in ODIs in the world. Apart from this, he has played 123 Tests and 125 t20 matches for india, in which he has 9230 and 4188 runs respectively.
Rohit Sharma has played 273 ODIs, in which he has 11168 runs. In this format, he has scored 32 centuries and 58 half-centuries. Rohit is also the batsman who has played the highest individual innings (264) in ODIs. Rohit has scored 4301 and 4231 runs respectively in 67 Tests and 159 t20 matches. Under his captaincy, Team india has won the t20 world cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025 titles.
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